Java : Convert string to Date

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i try to convert string to date , but when after the conversion the month is set to jan , but in input the month is other example 'sep' . following is my code.

Date tempDate = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy").parse("09/12/2014");
System.out.println("Current Date " +tempDate);

output :

Current Date Sun Jan 12 00:09:00 IST 2014

This comes up every week, using the wrong format string.

Steve Kuo
– Steve Kuo

2013-02-15 05:28:33 +00:00
Commented Feb 15, 2013 at 5:28 — Steve Kuo
– Steve Kuo, Commented Feb 15, 2013 at 5:28

namalfernandolk · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-15 05:16:33Z

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it is MM/dd/yyyy. not mm/dd/yyyy

answered Feb 15, 2013 at 5:16

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Zaheer Ahmed · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-15 05:26:10Z

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Reference these formats Java Date Format Docs:

Formats for datetime

so mm is to reference minutes in hour while MM is for Month.

That is the reason you are getting:

Current Date Sun Jan 12 00:09:00 IST 2014 from ("09/12/2014")

by default month is Jan while it set minutes to '09' due to mm.

edited Feb 15, 2013 at 5:26

answered Feb 15, 2013 at 5:20

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mre Over a year ago

+1, all future questions like this should be linked this answer. you should include a reference to the javadoc though.

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