Java - Converting yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ to readable dd-MM-yyyy

Question

I will have a String input in the style of:

yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ

Is it possible to convert this String into a date, and after, parsing it into a readable dd-MM-yyyy Date Object?

Answer 1

Yes. It can be done in two parts as follows:

1. Parse your String to Date object

   SimpleDateFormat sd1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
   Date dt = sd1.parse(myString);
   

2. Format the Date object to desirable format

   SimpleDateFormat sd2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
   String newDate = sd2.format(dt);
   System.out.println(newDate);
   

You will have to use two different SimpleDateFormat since the two date formats are different.

Input:

2015-01-12T10:02:00+0530

Output:

2015-01-12

Answer 2

//Parse the string into a date variable
Date parsedDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ").parse(dateString);

//Now reformat it using desired display pattern:
String displayDate = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy").format(parsedDate);