Convert String to java.util.Date

Question

I am storing the dates in a SQLite database in this format:

d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss aaa 

When I retrieve the date with that format I am get every thing fine except the hour. The hour is always 00. Here is my output:

String date--->29-Apr-2010,13:00:14 PM After convrting Date--->1272479414000--Thu Apr 29 00:00:14 GMT+05:30 2010 

Here is the code:

    Date lScheduledDate = CalendarObj.getTime();     DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss aaa");     SomeClassObj.setTime(formatter.format(lScheduledDate));      String lNextDate = SomeClassObj.getTime();     DateFormat lFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss aaa");     Date lNextDate = (Date)lFormatter.parse(lNextDate);     System.out.println("output here"+lNextDate); 

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I think your date format does not make sense. There is no 13:00 PM. Remove the "aaa" at the end of your format or turn the HH into hh.

Nevertheless, this works fine for me:

String testDate = "29-Apr-2010,13:00:14 PM"; DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss aaa"); Date date = formatter.parse(testDate); System.out.println(date); 

It prints "Thu Apr 29 13:00:14 CEST 2010".