Question

I want to parse the date “3/27/11” which I think is equal to US short date.

DateFormat df1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");
DateFormat df2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
Date date = (Date) df1.parseObject("03/27/11");
System.out.println("New date: " + df2.format(date));

I found the code above in several java tutorials but it doesn’t seem to work.
For some how I get,

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError: Default directory must be absolute/non-UNC

Here is what I want to achieve,

input: 3/27/11
(03/27/11 should also be a valid input)
output: 2011-03-27

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

When I run this it prints

New date: 2011-03-27

I suspect your problem is nothing to do with this but rather you have a default directory for your application which is a UNC path. i.e. exactly what your error message says.

Try running this program from your C: drive or a path using a network drive letter.