How to format date string in java? [duplicate]

Question

Hi i have the following string:2012-05-20T09:00:00.000Z and i want to format it to be like 20/05/2012, 9am

How to do so in java?

Thanks

Answer 1

If you are looking for a solution to your particular case, it would be:

Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'").parse("2012-05-20T09:00:00.000Z"); String formattedDate = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy, Ka").format(date); 

Answer 2

use SimpleDateFormat to first parse() String to Date and then format() Date to String