How to convert String to Date

String format = "dd/MM/yyyy"; SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.DateFormat; public class TestClass{ public static void main(String[] args) { try{ String stringDate="01/12/1995"; Date date=new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").parse(stringDate); System.out.println("Date is : "+date); }catch(Exception e){ System.out.println(e); } } }

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.DateFormat; public class TestClass{ public static void main(String[] args) { String stringDate = "03/08/1995"; String stringDate2 = "02-09-1995 23:37:50"; String stringDate3 = "02-May-1995"; String stringDate4 = "04 02, 1995"; String stringDate5 = "Thu, May 02 1995"; String stringDate6 = "Thu, May 02 1995 23:37:50"; DateFormat date = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"); DateFormat date2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"); DateFormat date3 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy"); DateFormat date4 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM dd, yyyy"); DateFormat date5 = new SimpleDateFormat("E, MMM dd yyyy"); DateFormat date6 = new SimpleDateFormat("E, MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss"); try{ Date nDate1 = date.parse(stringDate); System.out.println(stringDate + " : " + date.format(nDate1)); Date nDate2 = date2.parse(stringDate2); System.out.println(stringDate2 + " : " + date2.format(nDate2)); Date nDate3 = date3.parse(stringDate3); System.out.println(stringDate3 + " : " + date3.format(nDate3)); Date nDate4 = date4.parse(stringDate4); System.out.println(stringDate4 + " : " + date4.format(nDate4)); Date nDate5 = date5.parse(stringDate5); System.out.println(stringDate5 + " : " + date5.format(nDate5)); Date nDate6 = date6.parse(stringDate6); System.out.println(stringDate6 + " : " + date6.format(nDate6)); }catch(Exception e){ System.out.println(e); } } }