Date not parsing the month

Question

What are the factors that make a date parsing not parsing the month correctly?

I have this very basic code :

    DateFormat format =  new SimpleDateFormat("DD/MM/yyyy", Locale.FRENCH);
    Date date = format.parse(dateInterv);

dateInterv is a String with the value "14/06/2016" , and when I parse the date, date is in january. Even in debugger I can't see why it transforms 14/06/2016 into 14/01/2016.

have you tried not using the Locale? `DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("DD/MM/yyyy"); ` — Vladyslav Matviienko, Jun 14 '16 at 08:46

Opiatefuchs · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-14T08:47:56.587

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Your String must be:

  DateFormat format =  new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy", Locale.FRENCH);
    Date date = format.parse(dateInterv);

because dd is for day of month and DD is for day of year

edited Jun 14 '16 at 08:47

answered Jun 14 '16 at 08:46

Opiatefuchs

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the correct format is `dd/MM/yyyy` actually `mm` is minutes – Vladyslav Matviienko Jun 14 '16 at 08:47
wow, it was so dumb from me... Well thanks – RiddlerNewComer Jun 14 '16 at 08:47
@Vlad....was just a typo error, sorry... – Opiatefuchs Jun 14 '16 at 08:48
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no, not dumb :) ....you don´t believe how often this happens :) – Opiatefuchs Jun 14 '16 at 08:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '16 at 08:50

You can follow any of the following format from SimpleDateFormat.

    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat();
    Date curDate = new Date();

    format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
    DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
    System.out.println(DateToStr);

    format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy hh:mm:ss");
    DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
    System.out.println(DateToStr);

    format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy zzzz", Locale.ENGLISH);
    DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
    System.out.println(DateToStr);

    format = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM dd HH:mm:ss zzzz yyyy",
            Locale.ITALIAN);
    DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
    System.out.println(DateToStr);

    format = new SimpleDateFormat("E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
    DateToStr = format.format(curDate);
    System.out.println(DateToStr);

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 14 '16 at 08:51

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I think you might wanna change it to this:

    SimpleDateFormat formatter =new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy", Locale.French);
    Date date = formatter.parse(dateInterv);
    String formattedDate = formatter.format(date);

answered Jun 14 '16 at 08:51

pVas94

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Date not parsing the month

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