SimpleDateFormat Parse not returning Date in required Format

Question

Please find my below Code what is does is it takes the TimeStamp Value of any timeZone Converts it to required TimeZone and gives you the Date of requiredTime Zone . It works the date variable is coming correctly but I need the value in (Date) Datatype so am parsing it back using the same SimpleDataFormat object but its returning me a value in different Format not the one mentioned in the SimpleDataFormat Object .

private Date getDateOfTimeZone(Timestamp timeStamp, String timeZoneCode)
        throws ParseException {
    SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yy");
    DATE_FORMAT.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(timeZoneCode));
    String date = DATE_FORMAT.format(timeStamp);
    return DATE_FORMAT.parse(date);
}

Input Varibles : TimeStamp : 2013-11-01 16:19:37.0 , TimeZone : "IST"
Date value is coming as  : 02-11-13 (Correct)
But Parse() is returning me  : Fri Nov 01 14:30:00 EDT 2013.

I can see the date is converted according to timeZone but why parse is not returning it in required format i.e "dd-MM-yy".

Just print "date". Don't parse it again.

kosa
– kosa

2013-11-01 20:28:33 +00:00
Commented Nov 1, 2013 at 20:28 — kosa
– kosa, Commented Nov 1, 2013 at 20:28

Kal · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-01 20:27:48Z

5

The parse method returns a Date.

When you print the Date, you get the output from the toString() method which is what you see (Fri Nov 01 14:30:00 EDT 2013)

To print it in the format you would like, you can use the format method to convert it into a String and then print it.

answered Nov 1, 2013 at 20:27

Kal

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4 Comments

Hero Over a year ago

Ya I got it but I need to formatted String in (Date) Data Type

Boris the Spider Over a year ago

@Suraj sorry but; what? A Date is a data type; a format is a String. What you have just written is nonsensical. If you want a String then use a String.

MadProgrammer Over a year ago

@Suraj Date is container for the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch, it by itself, has no format, it defaults to local format when required. You can use a DateFormatter to produce different format Strings of a Date, but they are not a Date

Hero Over a year ago

@MadProgrammer Oh Okay I got it .. I was thinking in a completely wrong way got it. Thanks for clarification.

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