Question

I really don’t know where to start debugging this one.

Code:

String date = "Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:32:12 +0000 (GMT)";

        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:MM:ss Z");

        try {
            Date date2 = format.parse(date);
            System.err.println("parsed: " + date2);
        }
        catch (ParseException e) {
            System.err.println("Failed to parse: " + format);
        }

Output:

parsed: Fri Aug 15 16:00:12 EDT 2014

Why is this off by two years and two months?

Answer 1

Use small mm for minutes

EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z