Convert string timestamp to date

Question

How can I convert a lowercase timestamp like “Thu Jun 07 13:01:59 IST 2007” to a date format in java ?

Answer 1

String ds = "Thu Jun 07 13:01:59 IST 2007"; SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy"); Date d = f.parse(ds); 

As already mentioned, the answer is in the docs.

Answer 2

You can use DateFormat:

 DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EM d HH:mm:ss z yyyy"); Date date = dateFormat.parse("Thu Jun 07 13:01:59 IST 2007"); 

Answer 3

First create a date and time pattern string as specified in the SimpleDateFormat javadocs, and then call parse to convert the string to a Date object.

Answer 4

Use SimpleDateFormat . Something like that:

 DateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM d hh:mm:ss Z yyyy"); Date date = fmt.parse(str);