Convert string to date then format the date

Question

I am formatting a string to a date using the code

String start_dt = \'2011-01-01\';

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(\"YYYY-MM-DD\"); 
Date date          


        

Answer 1

String myFormat= "yyyy-MM-dd";
String finalString = "";
try {
DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy MMM dd");
Date date = (Date) formatter .parse("2015 Oct 09");
SimpleDateFormat newFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(myFormat);
finalString= newFormat .format(date );
newDate.setText(finalString);
} catch (Exception e) {

}