I have that date format 2013-07-29 06:35:40:622 GMT and I want this to get this format 2013/07/29, I have seen that with format of SimpleDateFormat can but returns me% String and I want 2013/07/29 in Date format.
Is it possible or not?
Joacer's answer tells you how to convert, however I believe that your doubt comes more to a perception problem of Date from the database.
In Java, the Date object saves the epochtime in milliseconds in a long time, so it will be the same 2013-07-29 06: 35: 40: 622 GMT as 2013/07/29 on the date.
If you need a Date for database you need the Date class of SQL and you can not work both via import, so one of them must be called with its canonical name. java.util.Date or java.sql.Date
I believe that following these steps you can get the date transformation you want:
An approximate code would be the following:
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"); //He puesto este formato, pero puedes poner el que más se adecue a tus necesidades
SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
try{
//Convertimos el texto de la primera fecha en un objeto Date
Date fecha = sdf.parse("2013-07-29 06:35:40");
//Convertimos la fecha Date al segundo formato que queremos
String fecha2 = sdf2.format(fecha );
//Creamos el objeto Date con la nueva fecha formateada
Date fecha = new Date(fecha2 );
}catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
I hope it helps you