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

It sounds like you may want to use something like SimpleDateFormat. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

You declare your date format and then call the parse method with your string.

private static final DateFormat DF = new SimpleDateFormat(...);
Date myDate = DF.parse("1234");

And as Guillaume says, set the timezone!