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

From the documentation:

public void setLenient(boolean lenient)

You need to set the format to be non-lenient.