Issues parsing a String into a Calendar in Java

Question

When I try the following code,

public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException{
    try {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");
        calendar.setTime(sdf.parse("Sun Feb 22 18:02:51 FET 2015"));


    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

I systematically get

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Sun Feb 22 18:02:51 FET 2015"
    at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:357)
    at foo.Sample.main(LogEntry.java:131)

I realize that my issue is the FET timezone. That is a valid timezone. I have tried different things including using Locale.English but to no avail.

My issue seems to be due to the timezone as explained here.

EDIT

The following does not work either

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy", Locale.US);

Here is another post I found but didn't help me.

You haven't fixed all your references to the `FET` timezone. This website http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/fetsays to use `MSK` in place of `FET` — LinuxDisciple, Apr 13 '16 at 02:53

Savior · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-13T02:55:26.990

2

Java doesn't seem to support FET.

Use MSK.

edited Apr 13 '16 at 02:55

answered Apr 13 '16 at 02:50

Savior

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Issues parsing a String into a Calendar in Java

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