convert string into java.util.date format in java

Question

am having a string like this.

Thu Oct 07 11:31:50 IST 2010

I want to convert this into its exact date time format to store it in SQL.

Am familiar with so many string to date conversions like the following.

String dateString = "2001/03/09";

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/mm/dd");
Date convertedDate = dateFormat.parse(dateString); 

But i need to convert a string like Thu Oct 07 11:31:50 IST 2010 into its Date format with timestamp.

Can anyone explain the proper way of converting this into its java.util.Date format.?

Answer 1

Try this:

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");

For future reference read up on the SimpleDateFormat class: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

Answer 2

Use this format -'EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy'

Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy")
                      .parse("Thu Oct 07 11:31:50 IST 2010");
System.out.println(date);