Month is not printed from a date - Java DateFormat

Question

How to get month from a date in java :

        DateFormat inputDF  = new SimpleDateFormat(\"mm/dd/yy\");
        Date date1 = inputDF.parse(\"9/30/11\");

          


        

Answer 1

If you read the SimpleDateFormat javadoc, you'll notice that mm is for minutes. You need MM for month.

DateFormat inputDF  = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");

Otherwise the format doesn't read a month field and assumes a value of 0.