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Scala program to convert a string into a date

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Here, we will create a format using SimpleDateFormat class. Then parse specified date string into date object using parse() method and print the result on the console screen.

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2022-07-08
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Program/Source Code:

The source code to convert a string into a date is given below. The given program is compiled and executed on the ubuntu 18.04 operating system successfully.

// Scala program to convert a string into date

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

object Sample {
  def main(args: Array[String]) {

    val format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
    var result = format.parse("14-8-1988");

    println("Date is: \n" + result);
  }
}

Output:

Date is: 
Sun Aug 14 00:00:00 GMT 1988

Explanation:

Here, we used an object-oriented approach to create the program. And, we imported SimpleDateFormat class using the below statement,

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

Then we created a singleton object Sample and defined the main() function. The main() function is the entry point for the program.

In the main() function, we created the format for a date using SimpleDateFormat class and then parsed the specified string into date and printed the result on the console screen.

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