Convert string to LocalDateTime or OffsetDateTime

Question

I have the following code:

String dateTimeInStr = "17-Jul-2020 12:12";
        DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MMM-YYYY HH:mm");
       // OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse(dateTimeInStr, formatter);
        LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDateTime.parse(dateTimeInStr, formatter);
        System.out.println(localDateTime);
     //   System.out.println(offsetDateTime);

As you can see I try convert string 17-Jul-2020 12:12 to the LocalDateTime or OffsetDateTime. But nothing works.

Text '17-Jul-2020 12:12' could not be parsed: Unable to obtain LocalDateTime from TemporalAccessor: {WeekBasedYear[WeekFields[MONDAY,1]]=2020, MonthOfYear=7, DayOfMonth=17},ISO resolved to 12:12 of type java.time.format.Parsed

Does anyone know how to fix this issue? Thanks in advance.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 17 '20 at 21:16

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Case-sensitive

You are using uppercase 'YYYY' which is the week year. Try with lowercase 'yyyy':

DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm");

`Locale`

And specify a Locale for the human language and cultural norms used in translating the name of month.

DateTimeFormatter formatter = 
        DateTimeFormatter
        .ofPattern("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm")
        .withLocale( Locale.US );

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2020-07-17T12:12

edited Jul 17 '20 at 21:16

Basil Bourque

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answered Jul 17 '20 at 11:57

Léo Schneider

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I'm on phone and can't check but I'm pretty sure that it still won't work. The information about the seconds is missing to create a `LocalDateTime`. You need to provide a default for it. – akuzminykh Jul 17 '20 at 12:15
@akuzminykh, it works. I checked) – Den B Jul 17 '20 at 12:16
@DenB Just for me: Could you check, which second it got? Is it just zero? – akuzminykh Jul 17 '20 at 12:17
seconds and milliseconds are 00 and 000 – Léo Schneider Jul 17 '20 at 12:18
@akuzminykh, yes it's 0 – Den B Jul 17 '20 at 12:19

Convert string to LocalDateTime or OffsetDateTime

1 Answers1

Case-sensitive

Locale

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