Change Date Format

[Drishti]

Hello, 

I am getting date in string as 01-Feb-99. How can I convert this date into dd-mm-yyyy?

Please guide.

Thanks in advance !

[Simon Christens]

This is correct and best practise.

For additional info please refer to:

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html  

The link gives you an overview of the supported formats for inputs and outputs.

Ex: - The link explains the letters, differences between uppercase and lowercase

Date and Time Pattern	Result
"yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z"	2001.07.04 AD at 12:08:56 PDT
"EEE, MMM d, ''yy"	Wed, Jul 4, '01
"h:mm a"	12:08 PM
"hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz"	12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time
"K:mm a, z"	0:08 PM, PDT
"yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa"	02001.July.04 AD 12:08 PM
"EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"	Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700
"yyMMddHHmmssZ"	010704120856-0700
"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"	2001-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700
"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX"	2001-07-04T12:08:56.235-07:00
"YYYY-'W'ww-u"	2001-W27-3

[Drishti]

@Ankur Bawiskar 
Strange but when I am running your code , I am getting different output.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Drishti 

did you try changing your date format?

It worked for me with any date format

did you try with other date?

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[Drishti]

Yes, for other dates too same kind of miscellaneous answer

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

Hi @Drishti 

Might be :