Overview

In this tutorial, we will convert String to Date in Java sample program.

Sample Java Program

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

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public class StringToDateDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
	try {  
	    String dateStr ="21-Dec-2012";
            Date date; 
	    DateFormat formatter; 
	    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
	    date = (Date)formatter.parse(dateStr); 
	    Calendar calendar=Calendar.getInstance();
	    calendar.setTime(date);
	    System.out.println("Date is :=" + date );
	    } catch (Exception exp)
	    {
	      System.out.println("Exception :"+exp);
	    } 
	}
}   

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