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December 27, 2018

Converting a String into a Date

The parse() method from SimpleDateFormat class helps to convert a String pattern into a Date object. DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, Locale.US);String dateStr = “08/30/2018”; // input StringDate date = dateFormat.parse(dateStr);System.out.println(date.getYear()); There are