Converting a String type to a Date

There is a String entry 01:22:00 (hh. mm. ss). You need to make it type Date. How can this be done?

Second: There is a String record Sun Jan 24 23:59:20 SAMT 2016. How do I make it Date, but leave only the month and year?

2 answers

Code:

1)
String string = "01:22:00";
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss");
Date date;
date = format.parse(string);
System.out.println(date);

2)
String string = "Sun Jan 24 23:59:20 SAMT 2016"; 
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzzz yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
Date date;
date = format.parse(string);
System.out.println(date);

You can read more in the Oracle documentation, i.e. here

 9
Author: dirkgntly, 2016-08-29 09:41:39 
private Date parseDate(String date, String format) throws ParseException
{
    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
    return formatter.parse(date);
}

//Usage

Date date = parseDate("19/05/2009", "dd/MM/yyyy");
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Author: carapuz, 2016-01-24 20:34:46