I have two dates in String format like below – I want to make sure startDate should be less than endDate. startDate should not be greater than endDate. How can I compare these two dates and return boolean accordingly? Answer Convert them to an actual Date object, then call before. Recall that parse will…
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java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: convert mm/dd/yyyy string to a date
when i convert my string object in mm/dd/yyyy format to Date it gives me i am trying to do it like this : Answer There are several potential problems here: You’re not specifying a format You’re not specifying a locale You’re not specifying a time zone You’re trying to cast the return v…
Finding date of birth from age in java
Hello all I am creating a program for finding the date of birth when the exact age is given. For example if age of a man is 21 years 10 months and 22 days(up to current date) how can i find the exact date of birth. I will be thankful if anyone help me with isuue. What i tried is
Get month number from month name
I have this. How to get month number which contain in monthName variable? Thanks! Answer Use Java’s Calendar class. It can parse any given string into a valid calendar instance. Here is an example (assuming that the month is in english). You can specify the language in SimpleDateFormat: By default, Java…
How to get current timestamp in string format in Java? “yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss”
How to get timestamp in string format in Java? “yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss” This is what I have, but Timestamp() requires an parameters… Answer Replace with because there is no default constructor for Timestamp, or you can do it with the method:
Not able to get difference between two datetime?
Please check the below code. I am trying to get the difference but every time getting 0. Can anybody please point me what is the problem with below code? Answer your formatter does not fit the date format used. Try:
Unparsable Date with colon-separated timezone
I’m trying to parse this String 2014-04-04T14:28:38+02:00 It should be ISO 8601 format. But i can’t parse it to a correct Date. I’ve tried the following: But I get always the message “unparseable Date” I can not change the example because it’s a value from a webservice. Cou…
SimpleDateFormat parse returns bad date
I am using SimpleDateFormat in order to parse a String. Here is an example: When I check dirDate in debug mode, or print it, the date I get is Mon Apr 07 14:35:42 FET 2014. Why do I get such an offset? It cannot be counted as a timezone offset(although it seems already wrong to apply an offset). How can
How to get the time of the day in milliseconds?
I want to get the time of a day in milliseconds, I do not this day to have any specific date, just a time. I made something, thought it worked, but then went debugging and concluded that it doesn’t work how I want it to. I want to use this to check if the current time is between both my
Comparing dates with JUnit testing
Hello I’m new to the site and have a issue with my application using JUnit testing. My issue is when I try to compare the Date method with itself it always fails. I printed the Date object in the test to see the problem and always end up with the package name and random letters. Here is the Date constru…