Java Date Format – How to Format Dates in Java

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Have String str "May 23 2011 12:20:00", want to convert it to date such this:

Date date = (new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss")).parse(str);

It always gives me ParseException Unparsable date format: 'May 23 2011 12:20:00'.

Looked for similar issues, seems everything right.

What is wrong?

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You may need to additionally specify the Locale, when the default Locale of your VM is not an English one:

Date date = (new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss", Locale.US)).parse(str);

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Try this -

SimpleDateFormat srcFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy", Locale.JAPANESE);
SimpleDateFormat destFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy", Locale.JAPANESE);
Date date = srcFormatter.parse("Sat Dec 08 00:00:00 JST 2012");
String destDateString = destFormatter.format(date);

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