Java/Groovy - simple date reformatting
Solution 1:
With Groovy, you don't need the includes, and can just do:
String oldDate = '04-DEC-2012'
Date date = Date.parse( 'dd-MMM-yyyy', oldDate )
String newDate = date.format( 'M-d-yyyy' )
println newDate
To print:
12-4-2012
Solution 2:
Your DateFormat pattern does not match you input date String. You could use
new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy")
Solution 3:
oldDate is not in the format of the SimpleDateFormat you are using to parse it.
Try this format: dd-MMM-yyyy - It matches what you're trying to parse.