ONE MORE TIME! Date from String, etc..

[Sam Smoot]

I know I've done the search, but even the answers don't work.
I need to convert an item from a text file to a Date and am using the following coder to do it.

    line = orderFile.readLine();
         
         while(line != null){
         
            SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy");
         
            
            try{
               StringTokenizer st_Order = new StringTokenizer(line, ",");
               if(st_Order.countTokens() ==4){                  
                  Order  tOrder = new Order();
               
                  tOrder.setFirst_Name(st_Order.nextToken().trim());
                  tOrder.setLast_Name(st_Order.nextToken().trim());
                  tOrder.setBook_Title(st_Order.nextToken().trim());
                
                  String tDate = st_Order.nextToken();
                
                  tOrder.setDate_Purchased(sdf.parse(tDate));
                  
                  System.out.println(sdf.format(sdf.parse(tDate)));
                
                  orderList.add(tOrder);
               
               }
               line = orderFile.readLine();
               
            }
                catch(IOException ioe){}
                catch(ParseException pe){
                  System.out.println("Parse exception");
               }
                 
         }

The code to read it is:

    public String toString(){
       
         String oString = null;
         
         SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy");
              
         oString = "\nCustomer:\t" + first_Name.trim() + " " +
             last_Name.trim() +
              "\nBook:\t" + book_Title + 
              "\nPurchased:\t" + date_Purchased;
      
         return oString;
      }

The data is :

Mike,Bright,Essays on Soap,8/27/2002
John,Smith,When I Am Clean,8/27/2002
John,Smith,Essays on Soap,8/27/2002
Sally,Baker,Essays on Soap,8/28/2002
Mike,Bright,When I Am Clean,8/29/2002

and the dates I get as a result are JAN 27, 2002, etc...
HELP!! :roll:

[Hari Gangadharan]

You are using the wrong pattern. The correct code is:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("M/d/y");     
line = orderFile.readLine();
while(line != null){                            
    try{
        StringTokenizer st_Order = new StringTokenizer(line, ",");
       if(st_Order.countTokens() ==4){
          Order  tOrder = new Order();
          tOrder.setFirst_Name(st_Order.nextToken().trim());
          tOrder.setLast_Name(st_Order.nextToken().trim());
          tOrder.setBook_Title(st_Order.nextToken().trim());
          String tDate = st_Order.nextToken();
          tOrder.setDate_Purchased(sdf.parse(tDate));
          System.out.println(sdf.format(sdf.parse(tDate)));
          orderList.add(tOrder);
      }
     line = orderFile.readLine();
   }
   catch(IOException ioe){}
   catch(ParseException pe){
       System.out.println("Parse exception");
   }
}

Also it is better to create only one instance of SimpleDateFormatter. Hope this helps.
[ February 05, 2003: Message edited by: Hari Gangadharan ]

[Sam Smoot]

That Worked!
THANKS