Parse a Date String

[Norris]

I have a String with the format "Mon Sep 15 13:00:00 PDT 2003",
I tried to parse it using
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL);
Date time = df.parse(s1);
and get a ParseException. I still wonder how to parse it?
I have looked into Date class, DateFormat class. But I still have not got
a clue.

Thank you

[Owen Green]

Try SimpleDateFormat with your own format string.

hth
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Owen

[Norris]

For the format specified, Date class will do the job:

Date time = new Date(s);

I might have thought too much at the beginning...

[John McGrath [TeamB]]

On 9/28/2003 at 2:46:45 AM, Norris wrote:

> For the format specified, Date class will do the job:
>
> Date time = new Date(s);

Note that the Date(String) constructor is deprecated and may be removed
in a future version of Java.

The recommended way to do this is with the DateFormat parse() method.
Just use a DateFormat that matches your input string.

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Regards,

John McGrath [TeamB]

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[Norris]

> Note that the Date(String) constructor is deprecated and may be removed
> in a future version of Java.
>
> The recommended way to do this is with the DateFormat parse() method.
> Just use a DateFormat that matches your input string.

That would be a problem. But I just stuck at the DateFormat parse() method.
It did not give me a chance to define my input time format, nor did it parse
correctly.
Looking at Java API, it seems that SimpleDateFormat has a better chance to
make
it work although I have not tried it.

[Norris]

I get it work now. Actually, I originally wrote this way. Only leave out
"Locale.CANADA". It does not work on my computer but work on some computer.
After adding "Locale.CANADA", it works everywhere.

SimpleDateFormat sdfInput = new SimpleDateFormat
("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy", Locale.CANADA );
time = sdfInput.parse(s);