java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: convert mm/dd/yyyy string to a date

Question

when i convert my string object in mm/dd/yyyy format to Date it gives me

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: \"09/17/2014         


        

Answer 1

I have the following exception:

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date

System.out.println("inside the XMLGregorianCalendar");

sb = (String) map.get(fieldname);
System.out.println("THis is XMLGReogoriaaaaan calendar"+ sb);
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.US);
Date journeyDate = new java.sql.Date(df.parse(sb).getTime());
System.out.println("this"+journeyDate);