Java Data Type How to - Parse '29-July-2012' to Date

Question

We would like to know how to parse '29-July-2012' to Date.

Answer

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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{

    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMMM-yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
    System.out.println(sdf.parse("29-July-2012"));

  }

}

The code above generates the following result.