constructing a Date from a String

[carpeliam]

To construct a java.util.Date from a String, I can use this:<br><br>Date myDate = (new SimpleDateFormat()).parse(myString);<br><br>To construct a java.sql.Date from a String, I can use this:<br><br>Here's my problem.<br><br>If myString is equal to something like this:<br>&quot;Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2000&quot;<br>(this is the output of a particular java.util.Date) or if myString is equal to something like this:<br>&quot;2000-08-01 00:00:00.0&quot;<br>(that's the output of a particular java.sql.Date)<br><br>I'm getting a parsing exception. Obviously the date isn't formatted correctly; the thing is, I'm not sure what a string is supposed to look like so that in can be instantiated as a Date.<br><br>If somebody knows what a date should look like, please let me know... if somebody can test it out and make sure it works, that would be even better (please! my rear end is grass if this doesn't work flawlessly by Friday morning 8AM). Thanks so much. <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

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[phimlob]

Try something like this for your second example:<br><br>SimpleDateFormat sdf= new SimpleDateFormat(&quot;yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S&quot;<br>Date yourDate = sdf.parse(&quot;2000-08-02 10:52:15.7&quot;<br><br>Good luck<br>MAttias

 

[carpeliam]

My mistake- the type of object which will print out yyyy-MM-dd etc. is java.sql.Timestamp, which isn't giving me any problems at all. Neither is the SQL, which has a format of &quot;1969-12-31&quot;.<br><br>So it's just the &quot;Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2000&quot; that's giving me a problem... how do I convert that into a java.util.Date? <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

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[palbano]

Dear Liam,<br><br>java.util.Date dt = new java.util.Date();<br>String sdt = dt.toString();<br>System.out.println(sdt);<br>dt = new java.util.Date(java.util.Date.parse(sdt));<br>System.out.println(&quot;Parsed date : &quot; + dt.toString());<br><br><br>Hope this helps<br>-pete

 

[carpeliam]

Paul,<br><br>Date.parse() is a deprecated function... and if it wasn't, I'd just say dt = Date.parse() instead of instantiating a Date object with another Date object.<br><br>I was able to find my solution, though. I already knew I needed to use SimpleDateFormat, and I had something like this...<br><br>Date myDate = (new SimpleDateFormat()).parse(value);<br><br>but SimpleDateFormat can take multiple different date formats for parsing... so I needed to specify the format in the constructor, like this:<br><br>Date myDate = (new SimpleDateFormat(&quot;EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy&quot).parse(value);<br><br>thanks anyways... <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=

http://www.wpi.edu/~lmorley/>

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