Convert String to java.util.Date

Question

I am storing the dates in a SQLite database in this format:

d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss aaa

When I retrieve the date with that format I am get ever

Answer 1

I think your date format does not make sense. There is no 13:00 PM. Remove the "aaa" at the end of your format or turn the HH into hh.

Nevertheless, this works fine for me:

String testDate = "29-Apr-2010,13:00:14 PM";
DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss aaa");
Date date = formatter.parse(testDate);
System.out.println(date);

It prints "Thu Apr 29 13:00:14 CEST 2010".