java - Convert string to Date -

i have string

string ackwarddate="2012-10-30t19:14:58"; 

i need convert date format.then tried this

     ackwarddate=ackwarddate.replace("t", " ");            simpledateformat formatter = new simpledateformat("yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss");               try {                  date date = formatter.parse(ackwarddate);                 system.out.println(date);                 system.out.println(formatter.format(date));              } catch (parseexception e) {                 e.printstacktrace();             } 

it working fine. there other method?

you can include t in date format. , looking @ ackwarddate string, need use hh instead of hh has 24-hour format , represented h.

string ackwarddate="2012-10-30t19:14:58"; // ackwarddate=ackwarddate.replace("t", " "); // not needed anymore simpledateformat formatter = new simpledateformat("yyyy-mm-dd't'hh:mm:ss"); 

simpledateformat docs should understand more patterns available.