How to convert String into Date in this format yyyy-MM-dd ?

Question

I am working on dateFormat in java,I am facing some problem,Please check my code below

String sDate = "2014-05-20";
Date convertDate = new Date(s);
System.out.println(convertDate );

It's working fine but the output is like

OutPut:Tue May 20 13:52:40 IST 2014

but I dont' won't the output like this ,I want out put same as String format

ExpectedOutput :2014-05-20

how can i do this any one help me

Why not use [LocalDate](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/LocalDate.html) class of Java 8? You're getting the output you're getting because the `toString()` method of `Date` class returns the kind of `String` that is getting displayed. — Aman Agnihotri, May 21 '14 at 07:01
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23394809/removing-time-from-my-date-variable/23394829#23394829 — jmj, May 21 '14 at 07:02

RMachnik · Answer 1 · 2014-05-21T07:50:06.087

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Use SimpleDateFormat for example:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(yyy-MM-dd);
Date yourNewDate = sdf.parse(sDate);

edited May 21 '14 at 07:50

answered May 21 '14 at 06:58

RMachnik

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Keep in mind that SimpleDateFormat is not thread safe (+1) – Mirco May 21 '14 at 06:59
I done that..but I don't want in String Object...I want in Date Object with same format – user2963481 May 21 '14 at 07:01
a date object dosen't have a format.... only when its converted to a string will it have a format.. mind you this example is syntactically incorrect anyway – RossBille May 21 '14 at 07:04
SimpleDateFormat parse() will return Date not String. – Gundamaiah May 21 '14 at 07:04
Check my code again :) – RMachnik May 21 '14 at 07:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '14 at 07:01

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try this

        SimpleDateFormat d=new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        Date d1=d.parse("2014-05-20");
        System.out.println(d.format(d1));

working example

answered May 21 '14 at 07:01

SpringLearner

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 21 '14 at 07:00

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You can use SimpleDateFormat to set the Format of the Date. Do like below:

String sDate = "2014-05-20";

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat=new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Date convertDate =dateFormat.parse(sDate);
System.out.println(convertDate );

answered May 21 '14 at 07:00

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I dont wont this format :Tue May 20 00:00:00 IST 2014 I want again this format 2014-05-20 but in Date object – user2963481 May 21 '14 at 07:03

How to convert String into Date in this format yyyy-MM-dd ?

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