How to split date and time from a datetime string?

Question

I have a string like 8/29/2011 11:16:12 AM. I want to split that string into separate variables like

date = 8/29/2011
time = 11:16:12 AM
         


        

Answer 1

Why not to use DateFormat?

Check http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/DateFormat.html

String str = "8/29/2011 11:16:12 AM";

String fmt = "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss a";
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(fmt);

Date dt = df.parse(str);

DateFormat tdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss a");
DateFormat dfmt  = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");


String timeOnly = tdf.format(dt);
String dateOnly = dfmt.format(dt);

It gives more work/code but it's the proper way to do it.