Question

Have String str “May 23 2011 12:20:00”, want to convert it to date such this:

Date date = (new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss")).parse(str);

It always gives me ParseException Unparsable date format: ‘May 23 2011 12:20:00’.

Looked for similar issues, seems everything right.

What is wrong?

Answer 1

You may need to additionally specify the Locale, when the default Locale of your VM is not an English one:

Date date = (new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss", Locale.US)).parse(str);