Date Format mm/dd/yyyy parsing mm/dd/yyyyy(5 digit year)

[Mahadevan]

Hi,
I have declared private static DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");

df.parse("12/12/20151") was executing fine. It should not be parsed as per the date format. I have tried with df.setLenient(false) and df.setLenient(true). But it was parsing successfully.
Do I need to manually check for the length of the string?
Is that an api issue?

Regards
Maha

[Jesper de Jong]

Did you read your private messages about a JavaRanch administrative issue?

[Matthew Brown]

Well, you might want your code to still work in 10000 years time!

I suspect that could be the point. 20151 is a valid year.

[Lester Burnham]

You seem to assume that "yyyy" means that the year should have 4 digits - that is not the case. Read the javadocs of the SimpleDateFormat class to find out how the pattern is interpreted for years.

[Mahadevan]

Thanks for your info. I have refered the Javadoc and if yyyy in pattern means any number.

[Christophe Verré]

Did you read Jesper's post ? Check your private messages.