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

Try using DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-LLL-yyyy",Locale.ENGLISH);