how to parse a string in to date,excluding time

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i want to parse a string into date having the below code, but output contains time also.
I don't want time in my output, I just want date.

public static void main(String args[]){
String givendate="2013-09-09"; 
Date date=(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").parse(givendate));
System.out.println(date);
}

Output of the program-: Mon Sep 09 00:00:00 IST 2013

Date is a container for the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch, it has no concept of a format. Date#toString simply dumps informational output about the contents of the Date Object. You can't remove the time from a Date object any more then you can remove the Date, but you can format it, try using the same or new formatter that meets you needs to change the way that the Date is displayed — MadProgrammer
– MadProgrammer, Commented Sep 9, 2013 at 22:56

Claudiu · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 20:48:21Z

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Try using the same formatter when printing:

System.out.println(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(date));

implicitely a Date object contains time too.

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 20:48

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Sotirios Delimanolis Over a year ago

I would think it contains time. What you should say is Date contains a default format.

sam Over a year ago

sir i dont wanna print it.i want to parse it and wanna put parse result in to text field.when i use three abbreviations of "M"("yyyy-MMM-dd") it shows error Exception in thread "main" java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2013-09-09" at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:357)

sam Over a year ago

when i use two "M" abbreviations it parses but output contains time too....output of program when two "M" abbreviations used- Mon Sep 09 00:00:00 IST 2013

GriffeyDog Over a year ago

@user2281498 A text field contains a String, so you will need to use SimpleDateFormat#format() to convert your Date to a String. If you simply System.out.println(date), you will get a default format for the date, which includes the time.

user2762786 · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 20:51:43Z

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The issue here is that when printing you are invoking the default format for printing the date object which includes time. Check out this link for the various formatting options

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_date_time.htm

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 20:51

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Marcin Szymczak · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 20:52:27Z

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Use Joda Time

DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd/MM/yyyy");
DateTime dt = formatter.parseDateTime(string);

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 20:52

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