SimpleDateFormat java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date

Question

I'm hopeless trying to parse a String to a Date but its not working. Could not be that hard? I'm doing it like this description: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

String timestamp = "05 MAY 2017 15:20:26 UTC";   
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
Date date = sdf.parse(timestamp);

But I'm still getting an error:

Exception in thread "main" java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "05 MAY 2017 15:20:26 UTC"
    at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:366)
    at GetTime.main(GetTime.java:18)

What am I missing?

Your code works fine for me. The suggestions that the problem may arise from a locale issue seem plausible. — John Bollinger, May 05 '17 at 15:35
For me it results in `Fri May 05 23:20:26 AWST 2017`; No exception. — Master Po, May 05 '17 at 15:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 05 '17 at 15:34

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You have to use Locale in your SimpleDateFormat for example :

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.UK);

edited May 05 '17 at 15:34

Mark Rotteveel

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answered May 05 '17 at 15:30

Youcef LAIDANI

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thx, that was the missing puzzle! :) – Ero Stefano May 05 '17 at 19:40
you are welcome @EroStefano – Youcef LAIDANI May 05 '17 at 19:41

SimpleDateFormat java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date

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