SimpleDateFormat parse(string str) doesn't throw an exception when str = 2011/12/12aaaaaaaaa?

Question

Here is an example:

public MyDate() throws ParseException {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(\"yyyy/MM/d\");
    sdf.setLenient(false);
    St         


        

Answer 1

After it successfully parsed the entire pattern string SimpleDateFormat stops evaluating the data it was given to parse.