SimpleDateFormat Problem

[Karl Vernet]

Hi all,

I use SimpleDateFormat in many classes, but I can't make it work with
a very simple format :
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import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class ParseDate {

public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println( System.getProperty("java.version") );
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat( "dd MMM yyyy" );
ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition( 0 );
Date theDate = dateFormat.parse( "01 Jan 2003", pos );
System.out.println( theDate.toString() );
}
}
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it gives a java version of 1.4.2_05 and theDate is null !!!!!!!

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanke in advance

 

[Michael Borgwardt]

I use SimpleDateFormat in many classes, but I can't make it work with
a very simple format : []
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat( "dd MMM yyyy" ); []
it gives a java version of 1.4.2_05 and theDate is null !!!!!!!

It works fine for me in 1.5.0, but I can't imagine a bug in such a basic
functionality in 1.4 either.

Is it perhaps a locale problem? The MMM part of the format is language
dependant and you're using the default locale, which might be different
from mine and the one you're expecting.

 

[Ann]

Hi all,

I use SimpleDateFormat in many classes, but I can't make it work with
a very simple format :
--------------------------------------
import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class ParseDate {

public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println( System.getProperty("java.version") );
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat( "dd MMM yyyy" );
ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition( 0 );
Date theDate = dateFormat.parse( "01 Jan 2003", pos );
System.out.println( theDate.toString() );
}
}

I get