ParseException involving SimpleDateFormat and Date

[John Paterson]

Hi Guys,

I posted this in another forum, no solution yet so thought of posting it here as well.

I have this set of code:

SimpleDateFormat sParse = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm:ss"); 
java.util.Date sDate = sParse.parse(startDate + " 00:00:00");

The above works fine when the value of startDate is in this format:"23-10-2014" However my startDate is in this format: "23/10/2014", and I am getting a: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "23/10/2014".
exception.

Also I have tried using:

new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss");

and I still get the java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "23/10/2014".
exception. How do I overcome this? Hope someone can help, thanks guys.

[s prajay]

Hi,

It seems there is no exception when the parsing is done as shown below,

String startDate = "23/10/2014";
SimpleDateFormat sParse = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss");
java.util.Date sDate = sParse.parse(startDate + " 00:00:00");

System.out.println("sDate-->"+sDate);

Is there any exact date format you are looking for?

Thanks

[Dave Tolls]

Post the full exception, including stack trace, because if that text was throwing an UnParseable exception I would expect it to say "23/10/2014 00:00:00", and not just show the date.
This implies to me that the line(s) you've shown are not the ones actually throwing the exception.