How to convert a string to a date object in Kotlin

How to convert a string to a date object in Kotlin.

Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to convert a string to a date object in Kotlin:

Import the necessary classes:

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
import java.util.Date

Define the string representation of the date:
```
val dateString = "2022-01-01"
```
Create an instance of the SimpleDateFormat class to define the format of the input string:
```
val dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")
```
In this example, we are using the format "yyyy-MM-dd" which corresponds to the year, month, and day separated by hyphens.
Use the parse method of the SimpleDateFormat class to convert the string to a Date object:
```
val date: Date = dateFormat.parse(dateString)
```
The parse method throws a ParseException if the input string is not in the expected format. You can handle this exception as per your requirements.
Optionally, you can format the Date object to a different string representation using another instance of SimpleDateFormat:
```
val outputFormat = SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy")
val formattedDate = outputFormat.format(date)
```
In this example, we are formatting the date to a string representation like "01 January 2022".

And that's it! You have successfully converted a string to a date object in Kotlin.