Re: converting to date format

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From: Jason Burton
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:00

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Alex Tavera V. <taveraa@ucbcba.edu.bo> wrote in message
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> Hi, I have a string like this '19990405'
> How can I convert this string to a date format?
>
> Thanks.

Assuming that you absolutely KNOW the date is coming in that way, you can
use:

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
Date result = format.parse("19990405", new ParsePosition(0));

Hope this helps,
Jason

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