java - Parse String date in (yyyy-MM-dd) format

Question

I have a string in the form "2013-09-18". I want to convert it into a java.util.Date. I am doing this

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Date convertedCurrentDate = sdf.parse(currentDateText);

The convertedCurrentDate is coming as 'Wed Sep 18 00:00:00 IST 2013'

I want my output in the form '2013-09-18'

Hour, minutes and seconds shouldnt come and it should be in the form yyyy-MM-dd.

Answer 1

You may need to format the out put as follows.

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Date convertedCurrentDate = sdf.parse("2013-09-18");
String date=sdf.format(convertedCurrentDate );
System.out.println(date);

Use

String convertedCurrentDate =sdf.format(sdf.parse("2013-09-18"));

Output:

2013-09-18