How to convert date in to yyyy-MM-dd Format?

Question

Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT 2012

I have to convert above date into below format

2012-12-01

How can i?

i have tried with following method but its not working

public Date ConvertDate(Date date){      DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");     String s = df.format(date);     String result = s;     try {         date=df.parse(result);     } catch (ParseException e) {         // TODO Auto-generated catch block         e.printStackTrace();     }     return date;   } 

Answer 1

Use this.

java.util.Date date = new Date("Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT 2012"); SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); String format = formatter.format(date); System.out.println(format); 

you will get the output as

2012-12-01