why the ParseException appears when use SimpleDateFormat [duplicate]

Answer 1

This is not about you actually getting an exception. But it's possible that your String is in the wrong format (which it is not). In that case you would get an exception.

So the compiler wants you to handle that exception. You either have to rethrow it or catch it. BUT: You won't actually get the exception with your code. It's just in case there ever is an exception.

Answer 2

In any IDE (Integrated Development Environment), editor show the compile type error that will be unresolved at compile-time.

What you are observing the behavior of IDE in your case, at sdf.parse(d);means it can throw an parse exception at runtime, So you have to handle it accordinly. Otherwise program will be crashed.

In second code snippet of yours, It will catch an parse exception when occured and show you the exception e.printStackTrace(); for your record and code will not crash, i.e. exit(0) or exit(1) with error, more

While in last code snippet of yours, method is been decleared that it may throw an exception, So if it called from any other source, this should be handled, say try catch.

You can use any of the two solution, its just your choice.

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following is the method signature in SimpleDateFormat

public Date parse(String source) throws ParseException

So this throws indicates that when this method is been called this must be handled