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Asked: 2026-05-23T21:54:42+00:00

Is there a way to set the default DateFormat class used for parsing strings

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Is there a way to set the default DateFormat class used for parsing strings into dates?

My background: I get exceptions reading date values from JDBC because the date string is not in the expected format.

(text added on 2011-07-22):

Seems I need to precise my question description: I use a foreign, proprietary database together with a proprietary JDBC driver. There is no possibility to know or even change the column type on database side. When I try to read the ResultSet columns via ResultSet.getDate() or ResultSet.getObject() some exception is triggered inside the JDBC driver like “10 Jul 1999 is not a valid date”. What I want to achieve is to avoid this internal exception by setting some appropriate global default date format. Maybe I would need to implement some custom Locale first and the install that Locale globally?

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    You can set your default Locale:

    Locale.setDefault(Locale.US);

    Alternatively, you can use one of the DateFormat static methods which accepts a Locale to just get the format for the Locale you’re interested in. If your date format doesn’t match one of the standard ones, you’ll need to create your own SimpleDateFormat (based on a pattern) and make sure you always use that one instead of the default one.

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