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Java SimpleDateFormat Exception: unparseable date

I am trying to get Java to read in a date formatted as follows: Thu Mar 8 13:33:25 2012 But getting an unparseable exception. Here's the code:

SimpleDateFormat formatter2 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
String currentDate = "Thu Mar 8 13:33:25 2012";
Date date2 = formatter.parse(currentDate);

It throws the following exception: Exception in thread "main" java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Thu Mar 8 13:33:25 2012"

Could someone help me out please? I've tried changing the "d" to "dd" but still doesn't work.

Solution

  • You are not using formatter2 variable as specified in your example.

    Your code works when using formatter2.

    SimpleDateFormat formatter2 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
String currentDate = "Thu Mar 8 13:33:25 2012";
Date date2 = formatter2.parse(currentDate);
System.out.println(date2);

    Result:

    Thu Mar 08 13:33:25 CAT 2012