🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: borland.public.jbuilder.java.language
Article #15389

Re: String To Date

#15389
From: arnold.chatelain
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 00:00
64 lines
2362 bytes
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--------------176356BC6A3D1E8FA6AB377F
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit



Geoff Marshall wrote:

> As a new comer to JB can anybody help me convert a string to a date?
>
> I have tried
>
> Date myDate = Date(<string>);
>
>               --->  Error "Date(jaa.land.string) not found..."
> and also
>
> Date myDate = DateFormat.parse(string);
>
>               ---> Error "Variable DateFormat not found ..."
>
> I have included the following:
>    import java.io.*;
>    import java.util.*;
>    import java.lang.*;
>
> Also can anybody say what string formats are acceptable?  I would like
> to use d/mm/yyyy but could re-arrange these.
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance,
>
> Geoff Marshall

if you use JDK 1.2
Date(String) is deprecated, you can  use
DateFormat.parse("07/10/96 4:5 PM, PDT") and you become a Date object

Don't forgotten to import java.text.DateFormat
Best regards
Arnold




--------------176356BC6A3D1E8FA6AB377F
Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii;
 name="arnold.chatelain.vcf"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Description: Card for �����
Content-Disposition: attachment;
 filename="arnold.chatelain.vcf"

begin:vcard 
n:Ch�telain;Arnold
tel;work:42260
x-mozilla-html:FALSE
adr:;;;;;;
version:2.1
email;internet:arnold.chatelain@mc.alcatel.de
fn:Arnold Chatelain
end:vcard

--------------176356BC6A3D1E8FA6AB377F--
Technical Details
Message-ID: <3767B9EE.5A9A3094@mc.alcatel.de>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <3762CD95.5B8F5AAC@fsbdial.co.uk>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: f74b3,3d8746921d3fd1df
X-Google-Attributes: gidf74b3,public
From: arnold.chatelain@mc.alcatel.de
Subject: Re: String To Date
Date: 1999/06/16
Message-ID: <3767B9EE.5A9A3094@mc.alcatel.de>
X-Deja-AN: 490280000
Cache-Post-Path: sls7ag!sls6yc.stgl.sel.alcatel.de
References: <3762CD95.5B8F5AAC@fsbdial.co.uk>
To: aas20despam@dial.pipex.com
X-Accept-Language: en
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------176356BC6A3D1E8FA6AB377F"
X-Complaints-To: news@ks.sel.alcatel.de
X-Trace: sls7ag.stgl.sel.alcatel.de 929544662 2840 127.0.0.1 (16 Jun 1999 14:51:02 GMT)
Organization: ALCATEL SEL
X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/)
Mime-Version: 1.0
NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Jun 1999 14:51:02 GMT
Newsgroups: borland.public.jbuilder.java.language