Trying to convert string date into a date

Question

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: \"Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010\"

I am trying to parse this date using the SimpleDateFormat class.

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Answer 1

That would be because you're using the format of yyyy-MM-dd - you have to add each parameter in your input to that format.

It looks like your format is E MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy

So you need to convert from one to the other:

static DateFormat extended = new SimpleDateFormat("E MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");
static DateFormat simple = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

String reformat(String extendedString) {
    Date yourDate = extended.parse(extendedString);
    String simpleString = simple.format(yourDate);
    return simpleString;
}

Or alternatively,

String reformat(String dateString) {
    return simple.format(extended.parse(dateString));
}