Date parsing error - Format from javadoc

Question

I'm currently trying to parse a date, and I took the following example from the javadoc (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html) :

Format : "EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z" Date : Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700

To parse this date I'm currently doing the following :

new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z").parse("Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700")

But I get an exception

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700"

. What am I doing wrong ?

Thanks a lot for your help :)

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700" — Nisalon
– Nisalon, Commented Apr 29, 2013 at 21:16
Could it be that MMM doesn't mean Jul that it could be expecting 07 ? — ddavison
– ddavison, Commented Apr 29, 2013 at 21:18
What's your locale? (print is with System.out.println(Locale.getDefault())). If you're let's say, in a French locale, then this english date won't be parseable. — JB Nizet
– JB Nizet, Commented Apr 29, 2013 at 21:19

Nisalon · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-29 21:27:56Z

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Solved :

I have to specify the locale, since the locale of my computer is not en_US :

new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", Locale.ENGLISH).parse("Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700")

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 21:27

Nisalon

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