Getting error java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: (at offset 0) even if the Simple date format and string value are identical

Question

I\'m always getting the parse exception even if the format to check and the string value are same. Here is the code:

String format = \"EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z          


        

Answer 1

I use the almost use the same code as you do with only slight difference in SimpleDateFormat instantiation.

public static final String DATE_FORMAT = "EEE MMM d yyyy z HH:mm:ss";
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT, Locale.ROOT);
simpleDateFormat.format(date);

It returns Mon Sep 18 2017 GMT+03:00 23:04:10.