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

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("E MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");
Date date = (Date)formatter.parse("Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010");
String string = new String(date.getYear() + "-" + date.getMonth() + "-" + date.getDay());

Should work better then just yyyy-MM-dd.