Java Joda-Time – How to Convert DateTime to String and Vice Versa

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Is there a way to convert Joda DateTime to String and then from that String to DateTime.

DateTime d = ..;
String date = d.toString();
DateTime dateTime = DateTime.parse(date);

My question is that whether the above approach is valid or need to use formatter.

Try this

DateTime dt = new DateTime();
DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
String dtStr = fmt.print(dt);

DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
DateTime dt = formatter.parseDateTime(string);

Date date = new Date();
DateTime dateTime = new DateTime(date);

And vice versa:-

Date dateNew = dateTime.toDate();

With TimeZone, if required:-

DateTime dateTimeNew = new DateTime(date.getTime(), timeZone);
Date dateTimeZone = dateTime.toDateTimeAtStartOfDay(timeZone).toDate();