Getting the correct date

[Brad Lahr]

Could someone tell me what I am doing wrong? This seems so simple.
> java -version
java version "1.4.1_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_01-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_01-b01, mixed mode)
> java myDate
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot format given Object as a Date
at java.text.DateFormat.format(DateFormat.java:279)
at java.text.Format.format(Format.java:133)
at myDate.main(myDate.java:15)
> cat myDate.java

import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class myDate 
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        Date today;
        String output;
        SimpleDateFormat formatter;
        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMMM yyyy");
        today = new Date();
        output = formatter.format(today);
        System.out.println(output);
    }
}

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Barry Gaunt]

Works OK for me on 1.4.2 Beta

[Peter Tersteeg]

I've built and run this using java 1.4.1_01-b01 with no problems.
Try running with:
>java -classpath "<the directory path here>" myDate
[ May 14, 2003: Message edited by: Peter Tersteeg ]

[Donald R. Cossitt]

Compiles and runs really well on SDK1.4.1_02
Output == 14 May 2003.