String to Date conversion always gives 20170101

[Anonymous]

Hi Team,

I am trying to convert a string(20170404) to a date of format YYYYMMDD, since my target is a date format.

I tried both tmap and tconverttype both gave me 20170101. Please advise what I might be doing wrong!

[TRF · Accepted solution]

Change the date format mask:

TalendDate.parseDate("yyyyMMdd",row1.date_val)