Month in simple date formatter always return JANUARY [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try this:

    String date = "2017-8-28";
    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM dd, YYYY");
    try {
        Date startEntryDate = formatter.parse(date);
        System.out.println(dateFormatter.format(startEntryDate));

    } catch (ParseException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }