using parse() from DateFormat

[Vishnu Munnangi]

Hi Everyone,

I have a basic question reg validating a date.

Pl go thru the sample program

public static void main(String[] args) {
Date dtParsedDate = null;
DateFormat dtFormattedDate = null;
try{
dtFormattedDate = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy");//1
dtParsedDate = dtFormattedDate.parse("20/05/2005");//2
System.out.println(dtParsedDate);//3
System.out.println("Correct Date");
}catch(ParseException ex){
System.out.println("Incorrect Format" + ex.getMessage());
}
}

here when i am running the program, it gives me the output as "Correct Date"
at step 1, when i give the format as
dtFormattedDate = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/DD/YYYY");
then even if i enter the correct date for ex: 02/12/2005, even then it gives me the output saying Incorrect Format.
I am not able to understand what does parse() doing.
Also at step3, dtParsedDate displays wrong date. It doesn't print the input that i give

Can any one pl explain me about the parse() and the difference between the formats in "mm/dd/yyyy" and "MM/DD/YYYY" in step 1.

Thanks very much for your time

[Christophe Verré]

Please, look the API for class SimpleDateFormat.

Letter Date or Time Presentation Examples
y Year Year 1996; 96
M Month in year Month July; Jul; 07
m Minute in hour Number 30
D Day in year Number 189
d Day in month Number 10

[Vishnu Munnangi]

thanks for the reply.