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javadateformatparseexception

struck in parsing custom data format in java

I am trying to parse the date in a particular custom format.

WEDNESDAY 25th JAN 2012 - 12:44:07 PM

like this..

I created a SimpleDateFormat for this..

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE DD MMM YYYY - HH:MM:SS aa" );

the problem is the literal for the days. it is coming like 25th, 23rd, 02nd.I am getting exception for this thing...

help how to overcome this problem.

Solution

  • You could split the date string you're trying to parse into parts and remove the offending two letters in the following way: 

    String text = "WEDNESDAY 21st JAN 2012 - 12:44:07 PM";
String[] parts = text.split(" ", 3);  // we only need 3 parts. No need splitting more
parts[1] = parts[1].substring(0, 2);
String parseableText = String.format("%s %s %s", parts[0], parts[1], parts[2]);  
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE dd MMM yyyy - hh:mm:ss aa" );

try {
    java.util.Date dt = sdf.parse(parseableText);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

    Your parse string had some errors in it as well. Case is important for the date and time ptterns. See the SimpleDateFormat javadoc for a reference.