How to get a Date from a JSON object

Question

I have a JSON object, which have one field that is a birthdate:

JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(response); User user = new User(); user.setuserID(obj.getString("userID")); user.setisMale(obj.getBoolean("isMale")); user.setEmail(obj.getString("email")); // user.setBirthdate(obj.getDate("birthdate")); user.setLastName(obj.getString("lastName")); user.setFirstName(obj.getString("firstName")); 

But the method getDate() does not exist in JSONObject.
How can I set the Birthdate in my User object?

Answer 1

You may do like below,

String dateStr = obj.getString("birthdate"); SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"); Date birthDate = sdf.parse(dateStr); //then user.setBirthdate(birthDate); 

Hope to help you :)