How to store date as 18/12/2016 in date datatype

Question

I am trying to store the value of date as 18/12/2016 into a date variable..

For example

    Date date=new Date(); 
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    Date theDate = null;

    try {
        theDate = dateFormat.parse(date.toString());
        System.out.println("Date parsed = " + dateFormat.format(theDate));
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

But the above code gives an error

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Mon Jun 18 00:00:00 IST 2012"

I have found examples where we can change the format and store it in the string datatype. But I need an example where we can store it in the date format itself.

Hope you guys understand my question.Please help..

Thanks.

EDIT-All the links given shows how to store the date into a string.I need to store the date in the format 18/12/2016 inside the date datatype itself.So it is not a duplicate Question.

Your date containing white space in place of "/" symbol and also having time with zone. This is reason you getting "Unparseable" error. — Sanwal Singh, Dec 27 '16 at 06:20
Check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17290916/how-to-change-the-date-format-in-android — Farmer, Dec 27 '16 at 06:23
You didn't passed any date. So system is trying to convert some default date. — GrabNewTech, Dec 27 '16 at 06:25
but in that link the output is in string...I need it in date datatype..Is that possible?? — Benedict, Dec 27 '16 at 06:25
@Gowrishankar Date date=new Date(); gives the current date..But it is in the format "Mon Jun 18 00:00:00 IST 2012" and I need it as 18/06/2012 — Benedict, Dec 27 '16 at 06:27
@thepoosh How can his be a duplicate??I am not using any string variables to store the date. — Benedict, Dec 27 '16 at 06:28
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9872419/how-to-convert-a-string-to-a-date-using-simpledateformat — IntelliJ Amiya, Dec 27 '16 at 06:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 27 '16 at 06:34

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No need to parse it. just format it when you want show the date.

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date theDate = new Date();

try {
     System.out.println("Date parsed = " + dateFormat.format(theDate));
} catch (ParseException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
}

answered Dec 27 '16 at 06:34

Randyka Yudhistira

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I don't want to show the date...I need to save the date in the date datatype and pass it to the server. – Benedict Dec 27 '16 at 06:36
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no you cant. date datatype have its own format to keep the data. so, you must send date to server as a string instead of date – Randyka Yudhistira Dec 27 '16 at 06:39
oh...thanks anyway... – Benedict Dec 27 '16 at 06:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

even though I think this is duplicated by this question I will answer in short.

SimpleDateFormatter is a way to display dates and not to store them, all dates should be stored and handled in a number format referring to UTC in order to prevent mistakes.

A fun side note is this youtube video about dealing with time that ephesises the need to deal with time in a unified way and then only format it to the users in the UI level.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 27 '16 at 06:39

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ou are wrong in the way you display the data I guess, because for me:

String dateString = "18/12/2016";
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
Date convertedDate = new Date();
try {
    convertedDate = dateFormat.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println(convertedDate);

answered Dec 27 '16 at 06:39

Abhishek Maheshwari

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convertedDate gives the value "Mon Jun 18 00:00:00 GMT+05:30 2012" – Benedict Dec 27 '16 at 06:51

How to store date as 18/12/2016 in date datatype

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