Error by converting date: Unparseable date in JAVA

Question

I can't find the problem. I'm trying to convert the date:

"Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:33:26 +0200"

from string to Date with this code:

String formatType = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z";
Date startzeit = new SimpleDateFormat(formatType).parse(einsatz.getString("startzeit"));

but I'm getting this exceptoin:

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:33:26 +0200"

Whats your default locale?At times due to the locale the string isn't parsed properly.Try this Date startzeit = new SimpleDateFormat(formatType,Locale.ENGLISH).parse(einsatz.getString("startzeit")); — humblerookie, Jul 10 '14 at 12:54
side note: you IDE should give you a warning for using SimpleDateFormat without a locale. — njzk2, Jul 10 '14 at 13:15
[Never use SimpleDateFormat or DateTimeFormatter without a Locale](https://stackoverflow.com/a/65544056/10819573) — Arvind Kumar Avinash, Jun 25 '21 at 22:16

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '14 at 12:48

You're creating a SimpleDateFormat without specifying a locale, so it'll use the default locale. By the looks of your variable names, that may not be English - so it'll have a hard time parsing "Thu" and "Jul".

Try:

String formatType = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z";
Date startzeit = new SimpleDateFormat(formatType, Locale.US)
                        .parse(einsatz.getString("startzeit");

(That works for me, with your sample value.)

Error by converting date: Unparseable date in JAVA

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