Parsing a Date from a String in Java?

Question

I\'m trying to parse a String to a Date Object, as part of a loading functionality for my program, as seen below:

    String dateString = \"Wed Jan 18 23:22:18 E         


        

Answer 1

The hour should be HH, not hh

h Hour in am/pm (1-12)

And year should be yyyy not YYYY

Y Week year

ALWAYS consult the JavaDocs first

String dateString = "Wed Jan 18 23:22:18 EST 2017";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy");
try {
    Date scheduleItemDate = sdf.parse(dateString);
    System.out.println(dateString);
    System.out.println(scheduleItemDate.toString());
    System.out.println(sdf.format(scheduleItemDate));
} catch (ParseException e) {
    System.out.println("Exception");
}

Which now prints...

Wed Jan 18 23:22:18 EST 2017
Wed Jan 18 23:22:18 EST 2017
Wed Jan 18 23:22:18 EST 2017