Format a Date and returning a Date, not a String

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I need to get the Date of the current time with the following format "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");

I know how to format a Date using SimpleDateFormat. At the end I get a String. But I need to get the formatted Date, not String, and as far as I know, I cannot convert back a String to a Date, can I?

If I just return the Date, it is a Date but it is not properly formatted:

Timestamp ts = new Timestamp(new Date().getTime());

EDIT: Unfortunately I need to get the outcome as a Date, not a String, so I cannot use sdf.format(New Date().getTime()) as this returns a String. Also, the Date I need to return is the Date of the current time, not from a static String. I hope that clarifies

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11 Answers

To format a data field do this

Date today = new Date();
        //formatting date in Java using SimpleDateFormat
        SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
        String date2= DATE_FORMAT.format(today);

        Date date;
        try {
            date = DATE_FORMAT.parse(date2);
             setDate(date); //make use of the date
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

The above works for me perfectly.

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