java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: convert mm/dd/yyyy string to a date

Question

when i convert my string object in mm/dd/yyyy format to Date it gives me

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: \"09/17/2014         


        

Answer 1

I have the following exception:

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date

System.out.println("inside the XMLGregorianCalendar");

sb = (String) map.get(fieldname);
System.out.println("THis is XMLGReogoriaaaaan calendar"+ sb);
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.US);
Date journeyDate = new java.sql.Date(df.parse(sb).getTime());
System.out.println("this"+journeyDate);

Answer 2

There are several potential problems here:

• You're not specifying a format
• You're not specifying a locale
• You're not specifying a time zone
• You're trying to cast the return value (which will be a java.util.Date reference) to a java.sql.Date - that would fail

You want something like:

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy", Locale.US);
df.setTimeZone(...); // Whatever time zone you want to use
Date journeyDate = new java.sql.Date(df.parse(text).getTime());

Answer 3

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy",Locale.ENGLISH);
Date journeyDate = df.parse(date); // gives you java.util.Date

If you want java.sql.Date then

java.sql.Date sqlDate = new java.sql.Date(journeyDate.getTime());

Answer 4

You have mixed m and M.

mstands for minute and M for month.

Below is an example of a working format.

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
String dateInString = "07/06/2013"; 
Date date = formatter.parse(dateInString);
System.out.println(formatter.format(date));