How to convert String to Date WITHOUT format change?

Question

Java

Hi all. There is a string 05/01/2020, you need to convert it to Date. I use SimpleDateFormat with the mask dd.MM.yyyy, at the output I get words, time zone, time instead of the original date. How to make a normal date, which was?

DateS = '01.05.2020'
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy");
Date dateD = format.parse(DateS)

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Answer 1

If you want structure to match your string then use LocalDate instead of Date
detailed info - https://metanit.com/java/tutorial/12.3.php

Answer 2

public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {
        var dates = "01.05.2020";
        var format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy");
        var dateD = format.parse(dates);
        System.out.println(dateD);
    }

Fri May 01 00:00:00 MSK 2020

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Answer 3

Because you are parsing the date, and to give the output form to the date, you need to use the format method of SimpleDateFormat