Best way to transform date string into an date object

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What is the best way to transform like October-2016 into an Date Object?

When I try to use Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM-yyyy").parse("October-2016");

it throws an exception, because it cannot convert this type of date.

Works for me. Perhaps your default locale is the problem? Just use `new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM-yyyy", Locale.US)` — Jon Skeet, Oct 19 '16 at 11:53
See also [Parse any date in Java](http://stackoverflow.com/a/3390252/1314743). — Martin Nyolt, Oct 19 '16 at 11:57

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '16 at 12:00

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since the string October-2016 is containing information related to a language YOU NEED TO SPECIFY the Locale in the instance of the SimpleDateFormat

Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM-yyyy", Locale.US).parse("October-2016");

answered Oct 19 '16 at 12:00

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Jay Prakash · Answer 2 · 2016-10-19T12:15:25.307

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String st = "October-2016";
        DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM-yyyy");
        Date date = format.parse(st);
        System.out.println(date);

Both working same:

Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM-yyyy").parse("October-2016");
        Date date1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM-yyyy", Locale.US).parse("October-2016");
        System.out.println(date); 
        System.out.println(date1);

edited Oct 19 '16 at 12:15

answered Oct 19 '16 at 12:05

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that's the same what I did. – SepDev Oct 19 '16 at 12:07
@SepDev ya i think but its working – Jay Prakash Oct 19 '16 at 12:12
yep it's working because youre locale is standard set to **us** but for me I'm working with a 2 different locales so there is the problem. – SepDev Oct 19 '16 at 12:15
@SepDev but into question you says that its giving error – Jay Prakash Oct 19 '16 at 12:16
yeah because java doesn't know like it's german time format or us – SepDev Oct 19 '16 at 12:17
@SepDev Ya i understand the Local use but you told into question Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM-yyyy").parse("October-2016"); is causing exception – Jay Prakash Oct 19 '16 at 12:21
Yeah like a format exception it could not transform the german date **Oktober** into the date object – SepDev Oct 19 '16 at 12:23

Best way to transform date string into an date object

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