converting date format

Question

I got date as \'14-Dec-2010\' i want to get the month in number format for the given date. that is., i want to convert the date to \'14-12-2010\'.<

Answer 1

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class DateFormatter {

    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Date date = new Date("14-Dec-2010"); //deprecated. change it to your needs
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
        System.out.println(df.format(date));

    }

}