String to date conversion having exception in parsing

Question

Hi I need to convert string to date below is my code,

String string = "January 2, 2010";
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
Date date = format.parse(string);
System.out.println("Date././."+date);

If i run my code am getting parse exception as like below,

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "January 2,2010"

Well yes - look at the format of your actual value, and look at the pattern you're specifying. They're nothing like each other. Please read the documentation for `SimpleDateFormat`. — Jon Skeet, May 21 '16 at 07:32
actually am getting this input string is from another file in the above mentioned format and the output also i need to be in this format(MM/dd/yyyy) so only i mentioned like this — Suganth.MKR, May 21 '16 at 07:35
Right, but you're not using that code to *format* - you're using it to *parse*. So parse with the pattern matching the input data, then format with another pattern. Read https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2015/05/05/common-mistakes-in-datetime-formatting-and-parsing/ — Jon Skeet, May 21 '16 at 07:36

Mureinik · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-21T07:54:45.440

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Your format needs to match the date you're trying to parse. E.g., for your usecase:

String string = "January 2, 2010";
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMMM dd, yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);

edited May 21 '16 at 07:54

answered May 21 '16 at 07:34

Mureinik

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You only need 4 MMMM's to match arbitrarily longer text. – Daniel Widdis May 21 '16 at 07:44
@DanielWiddis yup, sticky finger syndrome. Thanks for noticing! (edited and fixed). – Mureinik May 21 '16 at 07:55

String to date conversion having exception in parsing

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