Question

The SimpleDateFormat:

SimpleDateFormat pdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM dd yyyy hh:mm:ss:SSSaa");

The exception thrown by pdf.parse("Mar 30 2010 5:27:40:140PM");:

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Mar 30 2010 5:27:40:140PM"

Any ideas?

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Edit: thanks for the fast answers. You were all correct, I just missed that one key sentence in the SimpleDateFormat docs – I should probably call it a day.

Answer 1

From SimpleDateFormat javadocs:

Month: If the number of pattern
letters is 3 or more, the month is
interpreted as text; otherwise, it is
interpreted as a number.

Try to use pattern like “MMM dd yyyy”