[java] Date Conversion from String to sql Date in Java giving different output?

I have a string form of Date. I have to change it to Sql Date. so for that i have used the following code.

String startDate="01-02-2013";
SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-mm-yyyy");
java.util.Date date = sdf1.parse(startDate);
java.sql.Date sqlStartDate = new java.sql.Date(date.getTime());  

when i used the above code and run that. I got the following output.

2013-01-01.  

Here Month is not converted correctly.
Please tell me where is the problem and provide sample code to get correct result?

While using the date formats, you may want to keep in mind to always use MM for months and mm for minutes. That should resolve your problem.

That is the simple way of converting string into util date and sql date

String startDate="12-31-2014";
SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
java.util.Date date = sdf1.parse(startDate);
java.sql.Date sqlStartDate = new java.sql.Date(date.getTime()); 

mm stands for "minutes". Use MM instead:

SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");

You need to use MM as mm stands for minutes.

There are two ways of producing month pattern.

SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy"); //outputs month in numeric way, 2013-02-01

SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy"); // Outputs months as follows, 2013-Feb-01

Full coding snippet:

        String startDate="01-Feb-2013"; // Input String
        SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy"); // New Pattern
        java.util.Date date = sdf1.parse(startDate); // Returns a Date format object with the pattern
        java.sql.Date sqlStartDate = new java.sql.Date(date.getTime());
        System.out.println(sqlStartDate); // Outputs : 2013-02-01