Question

I have this piece of simple code:

SimpleDateFormat sqlFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat ("YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
String temp = "2012-03-09 12:00:00";
System.out.println (temp);
Date last = sqlFormatter.parse (temp);
System.out.println (last);

I get this output:

2012-03-09 12:00:00
Sun Jan 01 12:00:00 EST 2012

I know is supposed to be simple, but I am hoping someone can quickly see what I am missing.

Answer 1

I think your pattern is a little off. I’m suprised you’re not seeing an IllegalArgumentException. Try using the following pattern with lower case y’s and see if that resolves your issue:

SimpleDateFormat sqlFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");