How to converte String to Date

[s.paskevics]

I have String "14121114235959" -> (YYMMDD24MISS),

How i can converted this string to date?

In oracle i converte with function TO_DATE("14121114235959", 'YYMMDDHH24MISS') 

[Java_Jasper]

I belive there are two ways to acomplish this witht he latter being best practices.

1) You could hard code it like so:

String date = 14121114235959

$P{FormattedDate} = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE MMM dd, yyyy")

$P{FormattedDate}.format($P{date}) ;

2) Or you could use the JVM

But the better choice would be to use the JVM like so:

DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, $P{REPORT_LOCALE}).format( $F{FormattedDate} )

DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, $P{REPORT_LOCALE}).format( $F{FormattedDate} ) 

This way it automatically reflects formatting choices already chosen by the user on his own PC.

 

Enjoy!