Convert java.sql.timestamp from yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss to MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss

Question

Is there an easy way to convert a timestamp field which is of format yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss to a String of format MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss . I was able to do so using substr but was wondering if there is a straighforward way of converting it. Thanks!

Answer 1

First of all... Date or Timestamp objects have it's own format , so you don't have to care how is stored, you need to change the format in the moment you show it, but not when you store it :

When you need to show/print it use SimpleDateFormat for example if you want to show Timestamp in own format ( MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss ) you must do like this:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
System.out.println("My date formatted is: " + sdf.format(timestamp));

Answer 2

You can use SimpleDateFormat .

Example :

SimpleDateFormat input = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");
Date d = input.parse("your date string goes here");

SimpleDateFormat output = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
System.out.println(output.format(d));  // will return date as string in format MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss 

Answer 3

private static String format(Date sourceDate) throws ParseException {
    SimpleDateFormat dateTimeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");

    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

    calendar.setTime(sdf.parse(sourceDate));

    return dateTimeFormat.format(calendar.getTime());
}

Answer 4

Try like this using SimpleDateFormat :

DateFormat d = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm");
String str= d.format(timestamp);
System.out.println(str);