SimpleDateFormat throws ParseException With Error Offset 0

Question

What\'s wrong with the following code? It throws a ParseException with error offset 0.

final DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(\"EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy\");
         


        

Answer 1

If you don't specify a Locale to the formatter when you construct it, it uses your default Locale which apparently doesn't spell days and months in English.

So specify one to the formatter that does.

final DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy", Locale.UK);