how to convert java string to Date object

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I have a string   String startDate    06 27 2007     now i have to get Date object  My DateObject should be the same value as of startDate   I am doing like this  DateFormat df   new SimpleDateFormat  mm dd yyyy    Date startDate   df parse startDate     But the output is in format      Jan 27 00 06 00 PST 2007

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try                String datestr  06 27 2007         DateFormat formatter         Date date         formatter   new SimpleDateFormat  MM dd yyyy          date    Date formatter parse datestr                catch  Exception e           month is MM  minutes is mm

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var startDate    06 27 2007   startDate   new Date startDate    console log startDate

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The concise version   String dateStr    06 27 2007   DateFormat formatter   new SimpleDateFormat  MM dd yyyy    Date startDate    Date formatter parse dateStr       Add a try catch block for a ParseException to ensure the format is a valid date

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mm  means the  minutes  fragment of a date  For the  months  part  use  MM    So  try to change the code to     DateFormat df   new SimpleDateFormat  MM dd yyyy     Date startDate   df parse startDateString     Edit   A DateFormat object contains a date formatting definition  not a Date object  which contains only the date without concerning about formatting  When talking about formatting  we are talking about create a String representation of a Date in a specific format  See this example         import java text DateFormat      import java text SimpleDateFormat      import java util Date       public class DateTest            public static void main String   args  throws Exception               String startDateString    06 27 2007                   This object can interpret strings representing dates in the format MM dd yyyy             DateFormat df   new SimpleDateFormat  MM dd yyyy                     Convert from String to Date             Date startDate   df parse startDateString                   Print the date  with the default formatting                  Here  the important thing to note is that the parts of the date                 were correctly interpreted  such as day  month  year etc              System out println  Date  with the default formatting      startDate                   Once converted to a Date object  you can convert                 back to a String using any desired format              String startDateString1   df format startDate               System out println  Date in format MM dd yyyy      startDateString1                   Converting to String again  using an alternative format             DateFormat df2   new SimpleDateFormat  dd MM yyyy                 String startDateString2   df2 format startDate               System out println  Date in format dd MM yyyy      startDateString2                     Output   Date  with the default formatting  Wed Jun 27 00 00 00 BRT 2007 Date in format MM dd yyyy  06 27 2007 Date in format dd MM yyyy  27 06 2007

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You basically effectively converted your date in a string format to a date object  If you print it out at that point  you will get the standard date formatting output  In order to format it after that  you then need to convert it back to a date object with a specified format  already specified previously   String startDateString    06 27 2007   DateFormat df   new SimpleDateFormat  MM dd yyyy     Date startDate  try       startDate   df parse startDateString       String newDateString   df format startDate       System out println newDateString     catch  ParseException e        e printStackTrace

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