Converting date-string to a different format
Use java.util.DateFormat: DateFormat fromFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(“yyyy-MM-dd”); fromFormat.setLenient(false); DateFormat toFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(“dd-MM-yyyy”); toFormat.setLenient(false); String dateStr = “2011-07-09”; Date date = fromFormat.parse(dateStr); System.out.println(toFormat.format(date));