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
