Reading in a date from a scanner.

Question:

How to read in a date from a Scanner?

Answer:

You can read in a String and then convert it to a Date.

Code:

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
 
public class ScanDate {
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
 
      SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
      Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
      System.out.println("Eample: 12-25-2103");
      System.out.print("Enter date: ");
      String str = sc.nextLine();
 
      try {
         Date date = sdf.parse(str); 
 
         sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy");
         System.out.println("Date: " + sdf.format(date));
      } catch (ParseException e) { 
         System.out.println("Parse Exception");
      }
   }
}

Output:

$ java ScanDate
Eample: 12-25-2103
Enter date: 02-12-2014
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014