public static String formatDateStringFromString(String date) {
        DateTime dateTime = getDateTimeFromString(date);
        return getFormattedDateTime(dateTime);
    }

public static String getFormattedDateTime(DateTime dateTime) {
     DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormat
               .forPattern("dd.MM - HH:mm")
                .withZone(DateTimeZone.getDefault());
       return fmt.print(dateTime);
}