How to convert a string date “2019-04-21T12:08:35” to SimpleDateFormat, there by convert to Date?

Question

For normal date Strings like \"2019-04-08 08:35\"

   SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(\"yyyy-dd-mm hh:mm\");

but What sh

Answer 1

SimpleDateFormat is not a Date, it's used to

1. Convert String to Date
2. Format Date to String

You can parse String to java.time.LocalDateTime directly since java8:

LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDateTime.parse("2019-04-21T12:08:35");
System.out.println(localDateTime);

Answer 2

Before Java8 :

SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-dd-yy'T'hh:mm:ss");