Convert String to Calender- Calender is the wrong date

Question

trying to parse the String "2019-08-21 9:04:08" into a Calender object.

I am getting the result Mon Dec 31 09:04:08 GMT 2018 from calender.getTime()

Here is how I parse it

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss");
    try {
        cal.setTime(sdf.parse("2019-08-21 9:04:08"));
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }// all done
    return cal;
}

A Calendar just keeps a Date which just keep a long ms. It has no inherent format, and delivers your local time to Greenwich Mean Time. So you evidently live on the 0 meridian, in England. Parsing from a format assumes a locale/clock. Also you need **HH** for 24 hours time. — Joop Eggen, Dec 19 '19 at 12:37
Please see the docs at https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html . — rajah9, Dec 19 '19 at 12:41
By the way, the newer time classes are a bit overwhelming but much better. — Joop Eggen, Dec 19 '19 at 12:42
Does this answer your question? [Java string to date conversion](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4216745/java-string-to-date-conversion) — rajah9, Dec 19 '19 at 12:47

Alain Cruz · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-19T12:49:48.163

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You are not using the right parser format. The one you need is "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss". The format "YYYY" is week-based calendar year, which is not what you want. As @rajah9 points out, the documentation can guide further regarding the use of SimpleDateFormat.

edited Dec 19 '19 at 12:49

answered Dec 19 '19 at 12:38

Alain Cruz

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Convert String to Calender- Calender is the wrong date

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