SimpleDateFormat gives API Error

Question

Whenever I use my SimpleDateFormat in android it keep giving me the error call requires API level 24. Which doesn't make sense since I refer to this tutorial which was a couple of years old.

This is the code that giving out the error

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE,dd MMM,yyyy HH:mm:ss");

I even try but it's still not working

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

Here is my method where I'm having problem with

public static long getDateInMillis(String srcDate) {

    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE,dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss");

    long dateInMillis = 0;
    try {
        Date date = formatter.parse(srcDate);
        dateInMillis = date.getTime();
        return dateInMillis;
    }

    catch (java.text.ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return 0;
}

Please edit your answer to give us the error code it's giving? Cheers and maybe some more relevant code to show how you're using that snippet of code. :) — Imdad, Aug 20 '16 at 15:47

EpicPandaForce · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-20T16:01:38.633

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It's because you imported android.icu.text.SimpleDateFormat instead of java.text.SimpleDateFormat.

edited Aug 20 '16 at 16:01

answered Aug 20 '16 at 15:49

EpicPandaForce

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Check on the top of your Java file – EpicPandaForce Aug 20 '16 at 15:50
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score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 05 '17 at 04:04

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Change your import

import android.icu.text.SimpleDateFormat;

to

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

edited Nov 05 '17 at 04:04

Farhad

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answered Nov 05 '17 at 03:42

Ênio Rodrigues

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SimpleDateFormat gives API Error

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