23/12/2013 is mapping with MM/dd/yyyy format why, why not ParseException

Question

Can anybody help?

public void dateCalender() throws ParseException{
        System.out.println(new SimpleDateFormat(\"MM/dd/yyyy\", Locale.ENGLISH).parse(\"120/1         


        

Answer 1

According to docs , parsing is lenient, So you didn't get exception for invalid input. It converted to another value.

By default, parsing is lenient: If the input is not in the form used by this object's format method but can still be parsed as a date, then the parse succeeds. Clients may insist on strict adherence to the format by calling setLenient(false).

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If you want to get java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date:, than apply setLenient(false); at SimpleDateFormat

    String dateStr="120/12/2013";
    SimpleDateFormat sdf=new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
    sdf.setLenient(false);
    try {
        Date d=sdf.parse(dateStr);
    } catch (ParseException ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }