[Solved] java converting date in string format to timestamp

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String str = "Fri Mar 1, 2013 4:30 PM";          
SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm a");
Date date = sdf1.parse(str);
System.out.println("Date Object:" + date);
SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm a");
System.out.println("Formatted Date:" + sdf2.format(date));

Output:

Date Object: Fri Mar 01 16:30:00 EST 2013 

Formatted Date: 2013-03-01 16:30 PM

solved java converting date in string format to timestamp