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 program to illustrate
// DateFormat parseObject() Method
// importing the required packages
import 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 program to illustrate
// DateFormat parseObject() Method
// importing the required packages
import 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