Date issues!

[bob connolly]

Hello,

I just found this resolution for a a Date issue that i'm having, Thanks very much!, but assume that Sun has resolved their lack of Date handling routines by now?

If not, i'm totally shocked!, but again assume there must be a good reason?

A SAS tool that i use has a myriad of Date handling routines and documentation!

Thanks much for any insights on this!

[Steve Morrow]

I'm unable to determine if you have a question. What insights are you looking for?

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[bob connolly]

Thanks Steve!

I quess i'm really suprised that Sun has made the Date handling so confusing, ie what ever happened to the good ole "d.getMonth" ect!

I've been trying to get this to work all morning to no avail, do you see anything obvious Steve?

$ ksh t.ksh
Note: t.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -deprecation for details.
1. Wed Sep 21 04:24:54 EDT 2005
ERROR: Cannot parse "Wed Sep 21 04:24:54 EDT 2005"

String ldt= new String("Wed Sep 21 04:24:54 EDT 2005");
Date dto= new Date(ldt);

String dateString = dto.toString();
System.out.println(" 1. " + dateString);

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyMMdd");

try {
Date parsed = format.parse(dateString);
System.out.println(" 2. " + parsed.toString());
}
catch(ParseException pe) {
System.out.println("ERROR: Cannot parse \"" + dateString + "\"");
}

Thanks for any inputs on this Steve!