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truthsayer
truthsayer

Reputation: 429

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date for String

I have a date in String format, which I parse using SimpleDateFormat, but to my surprise I keep getting java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: Error.

I thought I was getting the pattern wrong, but I looked closely & i don't think so, I'm wondering what my issue might be:

I Keep getting 

E/FormatFormDate: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2019-02-25T22:43:23.213Z"

This is my code below:

var clean = "2019-02-25T22:43:23.213Z"

val inputFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"
val outputFormatTime = "HH:mm"
val DATE_TIME_ONLY = SimpleDateFormat(outputFormatTime, Locale.getDefault())
if (clean != "") {
    try {
        val parseDate = SimpleDateFormat(inputFormat, Locale.getDefault()).parse(clean)
        clean = DATE_TIME_ONLY.format(parseDate)
        Log.d("TAG", clean)

    } catch (e: ParseException) {
        Log.e("FormatFormDate", Log.getStackTraceString(e))
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1760

Answers (1)

truthsayer
truthsayer

Reputation: 429

I have found my Issue:

My pattern was wrong, I was meant to do this: 

val inputFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"

But Instead I was doing this:

val inputFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"

Notice the single quotes with 'Z'

Upvotes: 2

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