Android Unparseable date exception when try to parse date format

Question

I try to parse this date "Wed Jul 12 2023 23:58:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)" using this code

  val sdf = SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss ", Locale.getDefault())
    val time = try {
        val mDate = sdf.parse(input)
        mDate!!.time
    } catch (e: ParseException) {
        -1
    }

But I get this error

Unparseable date: "Wed Jul 12 2023 23:58:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)"

@Unmitigated You are right this only happens if the localization changed. on my case the function works fine in English but when the app turns to Arabic here I faced the issue , I Changed Locale.getDefault() to Locale.ENGLISH and the problem solved — Amin
– Amin, Commented Jul 16, 2023 at 1:29
Never use SimpleDateFormat or DateTimeFormatter without a Locale. Also, I recommend you switch from the error-prone legacy date-time API to the modern date-time API. — Arvind Kumar Avinash
– Arvind Kumar Avinash, Commented Jul 22, 2023 at 9:57

Amin · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-16 01:31:23Z

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This only happens if the localization changed. on my case the function works fine in English but when the app turns to Arabic here I faced the issue ,

I Changed Locale.getDefault() to Locale.ENGLISH and the problem solved

answered Jul 16, 2023 at 1:31

Amin

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