convert string to german date java

Question

my problem is the following. I would like to have the german date for the string "11.11.2012".

I tried this piece of code:

String date = "11.11.2012";
SimpleDateFormat sdtF = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.mm.yyyy",Locale.GERMANY);
Date dareFormatiert = sdtF.parse(date);
System.out.println(dareFormatiert);

But it gives me the wrong format. "Wed Jan 11 00:11:00 CET 2012", instead of "11.11.2012".

Thank you, any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

You have to use M in you pattern, because M is the month and m is the minute!

String date = "11.11.2012";
SimpleDateFormat sdtF = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy",Locale.GERMANY);
                                                ^^^^
Date dareFormatiert = sdtF.parse(date);
System.out.println(dareFormatiert);

For more information see the documentation of SimpleDateFormat