CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javagroovy
Filip Kostroš
Filip Kostroš

Reputation: 65

No signature of method: java.util.Date.parse() is applicable for argument types

I am getting this error msg in my Eclipse with latest Groovy installed.

Exception in thread "main" groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: java.util.Date.parse() is applicable for argument types: (String, String) values: [d/M/yyyy H:m:s, 28/09/2010 16:02:43]
Possible solutions: parse(java.lang.String), wait(), clone(), grep(), any(), use([Ljava.lang.Object;)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.unwrap(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:70)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.v7.IndyGuardsFiltersAndSignatures.unwrap(IndyGuardsFiltersAndSignatures.java:175)
    at org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.v7.IndyInterface.selectMethod(IndyInterface.java:234)
    at GroovyLearn.main(GroovyLearn.groovy:222)

String theDate = "28/09/2010 16:02:43";
def newdate = new Date().parse("d/M/yyyy H:m:s", theDate);

Expected Result: Tue Sep 28 16:02:43 CEST 2010

Actual Result: got error that parse does not work properly

Upvotes: 5

Views: 22342

Answers (1)

tim_yates
tim_yates

Reputation: 171094

parse is a static method on Date

Instead of

def newdate = new Date().parse("d/M/yyyy H:m:s", theDate)

You need to do

def newdate = Date.parse("d/M/yyyy H:m:s", theDate)

Upvotes: 6

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