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Christopher PezzaChristopher Pezza 

Convert String Date to Date in Apex Class to insert to Object Field Type Date

public void SaveTheNewWebinars(){
        system.debug('**It Worked**');
        Webinar_nRichment_Attendees__c webinars = new Webinar_nRichment_Attendees__c();

        Date newestwebDate = Date.parse(newwebDate);
        String newestwebType = newwebType;

            webinars.Name__c = newwebName;
            webinars.Activity_Date__c = newestwebDate;
            if (newestwebType == 'Webinar') {
                webinars.Webinar_Attendees__c = newwebAttendees;
            } else {
                webinars.nRichment_Attendees__c = newwebAttendees;
            }


        insert(webinars);

    }
Ho do i convert "newwebDate" from 12/20/2014 to a Date format to insert to a object with a field with date type?
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Christopher PezzaChristopher Pezza
I Ended up getting this to work needed to set the format to string in apex class before outputing it to a string/text field so that when it came back it new what to do and would parse everytime

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You appear to already have it in your code? using the parse method from the date library
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/dbcom_apex230/Content/apex_methods_system_date.htm

if newwebDate is a string of value '12/20/2014' and you are in the correct (US?) localle, newestWebDate should be a valid date field to pass into your object.

Does the above code not work for you though? If not, what errors are you getting? Are you sure the field is a Date, and not a DateTime?
Christopher PezzaChristopher Pezza
I Ended up getting this to work needed to set the format to string in apex class before outputing it to a string/text field so that when it came back it new what to do and would parse everytime
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