Reputation: 1304
Can anyone point out what seems to be the problem here?
try {
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:13:00 EET").parse("EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss z");
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
and the stacktrace:
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:13:00 EET" (at offset 26)
I'm suspecting something with the locale that I'm using but I can't be sure. Seems that "z" for timezone not working.
Edit: Sorry the exception was funny earlier, I changed it but forgot to update here.
try {
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss z", Locale.US).parse("Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:13:00 EET");
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Upvotes: 0
Views: 242
Reputation: 22264
Such an exception can come from parsing a date with the wrong Locale. For example this date formatter :
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss z", Locale.US);
will successfully parse the example date :
Date date = df.parse("Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:13:00 EET");
But the following will give the exception you are getting
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss z", Locale.FRENCH);
I would expect the Locale in Android to be chosen according to the language set by the user.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 2566
After looking at javadoc for SimpleDateFormat, you are using "hh" for hour, which is assumed to be a 12-hour time. Use HH for 24-hour time. Your example as 15 for the hour.
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 5168
I think you're missing 'z' here.
Try:
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:13:00 EET").
parse("EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss zzz")
Since your timezone is with three characters.
Upvotes: 0