here is my date String : "07SEP2014 00:00"
and this is the code that convert string to date :
new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMMyyyy HH:mm").parse(dateString);
and i'm getting parse exception. What i'm doing wrong?
3 Answers
Your Code works - as long as your System has a Locale where SEP = September. You could set the Locale to be sure about that:
Date result = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMMyyyy HH:mm",Locale.ENGLISH).parse(dateString);
Comments
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class DateParse {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String date = "07SEP2014 00:00";
try {
Date dateParse = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMMyyyy HH:mm").parse(date);
System.out.println(dateParse);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Output :
Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 IST 2014
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You need to customize your date format based on pattern. More details here on customizing it.
Edit: Case is important here. SEP should be like Sep
SimpleDateFormat formatter=new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMMyyyy HH:mm");
Date today = new Date();
today.setMonth(8);
String result = formatter.format(today);
System.out.println(result);
Output: 10Sep2015 15:08
Edit 2: Your example is also working.
SimpleDateFormat formatter=new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMMyyyy HH:mm");
Date result = formatter.parse("07Sep2014 00:00");
System.out.println(result.toString());
Output: Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 IST 2014
3 Comments
Cengiz Dogan
I've also tried to changed SEP to Sep but it didnt change anything. it gives me the same error
Cengiz Dogan
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "07Sep2014 00:00"
Vish
@CengizDogan: I have parsed you date also in Edit 2. Your code also should work. Which Java version you are using?(This does not effect the output)
Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 BST 2014