How can I take date input from user?

Question

Need to scan the date in proper format

Answer 1

An example would be:

// To take the input
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter the Date ");

String date = scanner.next();

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
Date date2=null;
try {
//Parsing the String
date2 = dateFormat.parse(date);
} catch (ParseException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println(date2);