java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text could not be parsed at index 3

Question

I am using Java 8 to parse the the date and find difference between two dates.

Here is my snippet:

String date1 =\"01-JAN-2017\";
String date2 = \"02-FEB         


        

Answer 1

Maybe you can use this wildcard,

 String d2arr[] = {
            "2016-12-21",
            "1/17/2016",
            "1/3/2016",
            "11/23/2016",
            "OCT 20 2016",
            "Oct 22 2016",
            "Oct 23", // default year is 2016
            "OCT 24",  // default year is 2016
    };

    DateTimeFormatterBuilder builder = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
            .parseCaseInsensitive().parseLenient()
            .parseDefaulting(ChronoField.YEAR_OF_ERA, 2016L)
            .appendPattern("[yyyy-MM-dd]")
            .appendPattern("[M/dd/yyyy]")
            .appendPattern("[M/d/yyyy]")
            .appendPattern("[MM/dd/yyyy]")
            .appendPattern("[MMM dd yyyy]");

    DateTimeFormatter formatter2 = builder.toFormatter(Locale.ENGLISH);

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