shouldn't it be:

>String date = new String("19990802");
>String year = date.substring(0,4);
>String month = date.substring(4,6);
>String day = date.substring(6);


-- Curt

At 09:33 AM 8/6/99 -0700, O'Day wrote:

>use this method to create new Strings appropriately.
>
>public String substring(int beginIndex,
>                          int endIndex)
>
>Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The  substring 
>begins at the specified beginIndex and  extends to the character at index 
>endIndex - 1.
>
>ex)
>
>String date = new String("19990802");
>String year = date.substring(0,3);
>String month = date.substring(4,5);
>String day = date.substring(6,7);
>
>"Rimma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Hello my forum pals!
> >Could anybody suggest me an easy way to parse a string Date in format 
> "19990802"?
> >Basically, what I need to do is take a string "1999",  "08" and "02" 
> separately and then
> >manipulate them a bit.  I just don't know the exact code for parsing the 
> string.
> >Thanks,
> >Rimma
>
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