Get Date by JTextField

[Ash maker]

Hello,
I would like via a form JTextField ask the user a date and format for format MM-dd-yyyy HH: mm.
If you are suggesting me the SimpleDateFormat then I can not use it, I would like the user to enter

"12-12-2009" or "12-12-2009 11:32"

Now I need to convert the second adding "00:00" behind AC but not enough.
I need to verify that the date is. Can any one help me with this. Thanks in advance.

[Remedy]

Hello,
I have tried this before but was unsuccessful, if you need the code what I tried then it is here

static Public String ToDate(String dt) 
    {
        DateFormat dtfrm = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy HH: mm");
        try {
            dt = dtfrm.format(dt);
        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return dt;
    }

See if you can get something out of it.

[NetworkeR]

Hello,
This is normal, it should pass a "dt"

dtfrm.format(...)

best is to get a date with another SimpleDateFormat

SimpleDateFormat dtfrm1 = new SimpleDateFormat ("MM-dd-yyyy");

You go once with this one for a date, you can format the date with the dtfrm you did, and it should be good.

[GlassFish]

Hello,
You take your string you pass to the method parse your SimpleDateFormat. This method throws a ParseException if the string does not match the expected format and if the string is not a valid date. The parse method returns an object you date that you can use in a format thereafter. If you need any help regarding this topic then you can post back and we will try to solve it.

[Linux-Us]

Hello,
You can make a JFormattedTextField to date:

DateFormat dtfrm = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
 chdt = new JFormattedTextField(dtfrm);

You can utilize isListen () to see if the date is valid or not otherwise in default 30-02-2007 entering it you will return 01-02-2009 or 02-04-2009 and by lenient to false it throws an exception you. I think you should already recovers your formatted string "12-12-2009" and turn it into date object and then add the hours and finally transform it into a String with the format "12-12-2009 00:00".

[Ash maker]

Hello,
For the first point, to pass a date format (). OK but why autocompletion offers me a format that parameter for a string? if the class was not overloaded with a String parameter I will not be able to compile.
For the second point

SimpleDateFormat dtfrm1 = new SimpleDateFormat ( "MM-dd-yyyy");

I tried with this pattern and just passing the string 12-12-2009. I get an error. Any ideas on this.