Parse a Date Object From a String in the format of Saturday, July 4, 1998 in Java
Description
The following code shows how to parse a Date Object From a String in the format of Saturday, July 4, 1998.
Example
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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] a) {
Date aDate;
DateFormat fmt = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL, Locale.US);
try {
aDate = fmt.parse("Saturday, July 4, 1998");
System.out.println("The Date string is: " + fmt.format(aDate));
} catch (java.text.ParseException e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}
The code above generates the following result.