How to convert a String to date

[moonlight]

How do I convert a String to date?

[albinjoseph]

What is your date format? You can use the SimpleDateFormat for doing it.

[programmer]

Converting a string to date is easy

[java]
String date ="01/21/2008";
Date dt = new Date(date);
System.out.println(dt);
[/java]

[moonlight]

My String contains date in the below format.

21.1.2008.

programmer, I tried with the you said. It is throwing me an IllegalArgumentException.

[albinjoseph]

[java]
String date ="21.1.2008";
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy");
Date dt = format.parse(date);
System.out.println(dt);
[/java]

Try the above code.

[programmer]

Sorry my code will work only if the date format is dd/mm/yyyy. The SimpleDateFormat is the right choice to go