Java String To Date Conversion

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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

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

		String string = "January 2, 2010";
		DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM d, yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
		Date date = format.parse(string);
		System.out.println(date); // Sat Jan 02 00:00:00 GMT 2010

		SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy");
		string = "Jun 7, 2013";

		date = formatter.parse(string);
		System.out.println(date);
		System.out.println(formatter.format(date));

	}
}
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