Convert string to Date in java

Question

I\'m trying to parse a string to a date field in an android application but I can\'t seem to get it correct. Here is the string I\'m trying to convert to a date \"03/26/2012

Answer 1

String str_date="13-09-2011";
DateFormat formatter ; 
Date date ; 
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
date = (Date)formatter.parse(str_date); 
System.out.println("Today is " +date.getTime());

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