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TypoVar Ex Member	convert string (or int) to DATE? Mar 21st, 2006, 7:37pm   Is this possible? 20060315 is in my database. Can 'processing 108+' read this as yyyymmdd? How to convert to year() month() day() or something? {TypoVar}

fjen God Member Offline Posts: 965

Re: convert string (or int) to DATE? Reply #1 - Mar 21st, 2006, 8:07pm   try: Code: String date = "20060325"; char[] date_c = date.toCharArray(); String year = new String( new char[]{date_c[0], date_c[1], date_c[2], date_c[3]} ); String month = new String( new char[]{date_c[4], date_c[5]} ); String day = new String( new char[]{date_c[6], date_c[7]} ); println( year + " - " + month + " - " + day );

JohnG Ex Member	Re: convert string (or int) to DATE? Reply #2 - Mar 21st, 2006, 8:09pm   You can do it manually farily easily, for example: Code: String date="20060315"; int Year=int(date.substring(0,4)); int Month=int(date.substring(4,6)); int Day=int(date.substring(6,8)); println("Year: " + Year +", Month: "+ Month + ", Day: "+Day);

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: convert string (or int) to DATE? Reply #3 - Mar 21st, 2006, 8:13pm   you can also use the Java "Date" object to parse dates of any format, but i like johng's solution better, much more straightforward for this particular case.

TypoVar Ex Member	Re: convert string (or int) to DATE? Reply #4 - Mar 22nd, 2006, 7:46am   Thanks very much. There is no "DATE.format" short- or long-format to convert "20060322" to "Wednesday, March, 22, '03"

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: convert string (or int) to DATE? Reply #5 - Mar 22nd, 2006, 3:11pm   yep, you can make your own custom date format, which is usually what you have to do for that stuff. but like i said, johng's solution is much more straightforward.