java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date on some devices only

Question

I\'m facing a very bizarre issue. While parsing this string 2016-09-06 05:18:06.023 PM I get the following exception - java.text.ParseException: Unparseable d

Answer 1

It may be possible it can be affected by Symbols For am/pm in device default locale, so try to use locale as below to parse date it will help you.

   SimpleDateFormat formatGMT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd KK:mm:ss.SSS a", Locale.US);

      formatGMT.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));

      try 
      {
             date = formatGMT.parse("2016-09-06 05:18:06.023 PM");
      } 
      catch (ParseException e)
      {
             Crashlytics.log(Log.ERROR, "DB Insertion error", e.getMessage().toString());
             Crashlytics.logException(e);
             e.printStackTrace();
      }