• Java Date Conversion
  • String to Date
  • Date to String
  • Create a date
  • Resources

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Java Date Conversion

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String to Date

java.text.SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
java.util.Date date = df.parse("21/06/2003");

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Date to String

String s = df.format(date);

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Create a date

java.util.GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(2002, 5, 8); // 2002-Jun-08
java.util.Date date = calendar.getTime();

Note that month is zero based. I.e. January = 0, December = 11

java.sql.Date date = new java.sql.Date(new GregorianCalendar(2003, 00, 01).getTime().getTime());

Resources

• http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
• The Calendar FAQ
• Epoch Converter - Unix Timestamp Converter

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-- Frank Dean - 05 September 2003

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