The parseObject() method of DateFormat class will return the data by parsing a string to a SimpleDateFormat object.
Syntax:
public Object parseObject(source,pos)
Parameters: This method accepts two parameters
- source: It is a string which is needed to be parsed.
- pos: It is the ParsePosition object with an index.
Return value: This method will return a date parsed from a string and null in case of an error.
Example 1:
Java
// Java program to illustrate // DateFormat parseObject() Method // importing the required packagesimport java.text.ParseException;import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;import java.util.Date; class Testclass { public static void main (String[] args) { Date d = new Date(); // printing the actual date value System.out.println("Actual Date : "+d); // initializing the SimpleDateFormat SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy"); // passing a string to parseObject() // method and converting it into date d = (Date) sdf.parseObject("10-11-2021"); // printing the parsed date value System.out.println("Parsed Date : "+d); }} |
Output
Actual Date : Tue Dec 14 09:49:39 UTC 2021 Parsed Date : Mon Oct 11 00:00:00 UTC 2021
Example 2:
Java
// Java program to illustrate // DateFormat parseObject() Method // importing the required packagesimport java.text.ParseException;import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;import java.util.Date; class Testclass { public static void main(String[] args) { // initializing the Date Date d = new Date(); // printing the actual date value System.out.println("Actual Date : " + d); // initializing the SimpleDateFormat SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy hh.mm.ss"); // passing a string to parseObject() // method and converting it into date d = (Date)sdf.parseObject("04/10/21 19.30.45"); // printing the parsed date value System.out.println("Parsed Date : " + d); }} |
Output
Actual Date : Tue Dec 14 09:53:31 UTC 2021 Parsed Date : Sat Apr 10 19:30:45 UTC 2021