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how to write a date to a string

I'm trying to read/write a date to a string via the following method:

      private static DateFormat gmtFormat;
      static {
            gmtFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL, Locale.US);
            gmtFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
      }

and then later

writeChildElement(elt, "TimeStamp", gmtFormat.format(timeStamp));
mde.setTimeStamp(gmtFormat.parse(selectedElt.getText()));

But, it looks like the lower order numbers or removed from the value when I watch the Date object in the debugger. Is there a string representation that is human readable that i can use?

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Mick Barry

> mde.setTimeStamp(gmtFormat.parse(selectedElt.getText()));

Why aren't you just using the original Date object instead of formatting and parsing back.

Manikandan Thiagarajan

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this link could be help you

jjacksn

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objects, not sure what you mean...?

Mick Barry

you're talkikng a date and formatting it as a string then back to a date again.
Why can't you just use the original date instance instead of parsing the string?