Question

I want to parse date strings like "February 7, 2011" using "M dd, yyyy" format. But I get an exception.

Answer 1

• Your parsing string is not correct as mentioned by others
• To correctly parse February you need to use an english Locale or it may fail if your default Locale is not in English

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
Date dt = df.parse("February 7, 2011");