java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date

[Monica Marugan]

I have the next code for parse to date in my application server local Tomcat 5.0.28 and work ok.

if(m_strType.equals("cadena")) {
System.out.println("Formateamos fecha con cadena : " + strValue);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
try {
Date fecha = sdf.parse(strValue);
SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy",new Locale("es,ES"));
return(sdf2.format(fecha));
}
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

}

I put this class in other Tomcat 5.0.28 in other server and give me the next error:

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "18-abr-2007 0:00:00"
.......

What's problem?
Thank you.

[Joe Ess]

My initial wild guess would be that the locales are different on the two computers. Try creating your first SimpleDateFormat instance using the locale and see if that works.

[Monica Marugan]

I change my code to:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss", new Locale("en,EN"));

with Locale and the same error in my tomcat work ok in the other tomcat give me the same error.

I don't understand.
Thank you

[Jesper de Jong]

Note that the date string you are putting in: "18-abr-2007 0:00:00" has only one digit for the hour: "0:00:00". If you specify "HH:mm:ss", then Java probably expects two digits, so it should look like "00:00:00".

Try "H:mm:ss" for the format string. (I haven't tested it myself, but probably it works).

[Joe Ess]

With an input of "18-abr-2007 0:00:00" I think you want that locale to be Locale("es,ES").
Are you expecting English or Spanish input?

[Monica Marugan]

Give me the same error.

more helps?

[Joe Ess]

What does your code look like now?

[Monica Marugan]

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy H:mm:ss", new Locale("es,ES"));

I probe this code and

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss", new Locale("es,ES"));

and give me error.
more helps??
thank you

[Joe Ess]

Have a look at the API Docs for Locale. The single string constructor takes the language code only (i.e. "es" or "en"). There is a two string constructor for specifying language and country ("es" and "ES" for Spain, for example).
This code works for me:

sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy H:mm:ss", new Locale("es", "ES"));

[Monica Marugan]

Thank you!!!

It's work ok thank you