Exception trying to parse date time "02-APR-18 09.26.21" in Java

Asked Mar 31 '19 at 16:24

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I'm trying to parse a non-standard datetime format in Java 8. I have read the javadoc for the class and AFAICT, I'm providing the format in the correct way.

System.out.println(
    DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MMM-yy HH.mm.ss", Locale.US)
        .parse("02-APR-18 09.26.21"));

but I get this error:

Exception in thread "main" java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text '02-APR-18 09.26.21' could not be parsed at index 3
    at java.base/java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parseResolved0(DateTimeFormatter.java:1988)
    at java.base/java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parse(DateTimeFormatter.java:1816)

I have also tried with removing the Locale.US but get exactly the same error message.

Any help would be appreciated.

asked Mar 31 '19 at 16:24

L. Blanc

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can you try with 02-Apr-18 09.26.21 – Musaddique S Mar 31 '19 at 16:31
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@Musaddique It works with "Apr" but not with "APR". Is there no way in Java to parse an upper case month abbreviation? – L. Blanc Mar 31 '19 at 17:00
@JoeC You are right, this is a duplicate. I will close it. – L. Blanc Mar 31 '19 at 17:02
How come it's duplicate? – MS90 Mar 31 '19 at 17:07
@MS90 It's a duplicate because the issue is that the month string was uppercase. The linked question describes how to make a case-insensitive formatter. – L. Blanc Apr 01 '19 at 21:39

Exception trying to parse date time "02-APR-18 09.26.21" in Java

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