Java date format real simple

Question

how would you write te date if i have a date and all i want is the month and the day like this (mm/dd) and then turn the month like this July, 08

Answer 1

the month and the day like this (mm/dd) and then turn the month like this July, 08

So you want to convert MM/dd to MMMM, dd? So you start with a String and you end up with a String? Then you need another SimpleDateFormat instance with the first pattern.

String dateString1 = "07/08";
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd").parse(dateString1);
String dateString2 = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM, dd").format(date);
System.out.println(dateString2); // July, 08 (monthname depends on locale!).