Java program to parse String to Date format

package DateFormat;

 

import java.text.ParseException;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

 

public class StringToDate {

 

       public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {

              String dateString = "21/4/2017";

             

              SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/mm/yyyy");

              //this step throws checked exception if main() doesn't throws ParseException

              Date date = sdf.parse(dateString);   

             

              System.out.println("Date:"+ " " + date);

 

       }

 

} 

OUTPUT

Date: Sat Jan 21 00:04:00 IST 2017