Java String to Date object of the format “yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss”
java.util.Date temp = new SimpleDateFormat(“yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS”).parse(“2012-07-10 14:58:00.000000”); The mm is minutes you want MM CODE public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException { java.util.Date temp = new SimpleDateFormat(“yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS”) .parse(“2012-07-10 14:58:00.000000”); System.out.println(temp); } } Prints: Tue Jul 10 14:58:00 EDT 2012