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    <p>I wrote a simple Util method to convert a <code>String</code> in Java to <code>util.Date</code>. What I am not able to figure out is why the method works for the first input, and fails for the second one, given that the inputs are identical:</p> <p>Code:</p> <pre><code>package util; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class StringToDate { public Date getDateFromString(String strDate, String dateFormat) { DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat); Date date = null; try { date = df.parse(strDate); } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } System.out.println(date); return date; } public static void main(String[] args) { StringToDate s2d = new StringToDate(); s2d.getDateFromString("12-18-11, 10:36 AM","MM-dd-yy, hh:mm a"); s2d.getDateFromString("02-04-12, 01:17 PM","MM-dd-yy, hh:mm a"); } } </code></pre> <p>Output:</p> <pre><code>Sun Dec 18 10:36:00 CET 2011 null java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "02-04-12, 01:17 PM" at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:337) at util.StringToDate.getDateFromString(StringToDate.java:17) at util.StringToDate.main(StringToDate.java:33) </code></pre> <p>Logically, the output should've been <code>Sat Feb 04 13:17:00 CET 2012</code> going by the first output. Why is the <code>ParseException</code> being thrown?</p> <p><strong>EDIT</strong>: The following two lines work correctly:</p> <pre><code>s2d.getDateFromString("02-04-12", "MM-dd-yy"); s2d.getDateFromString("01:17 PM", "hh:mm a"); </code></pre> <p>Output:</p> <pre><code>Sat Feb 04 00:00:00 CET 2012 Thu Jan 01 13:17:00 CET 1970 </code></pre> <p>But the exception happens when I try to parse both date and time together.</p>
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    1. COI'm confused -- It works fine for me.
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    2. COMe too - what culture are you in? Thanks for including a short but complete program, mind you :)
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    3. CO@JonSkeet: I don't get what you mean by "what culture are you in?", but thanks for the compliment! Does the program work fine for you? I'm using JDK 1.6 (1.6.0.11). I tried Eclipse, and even the classic command-prompt route of running the above [SSCCE](http://homepage1.nifty.com/algafield/sscce.html). Still, same exception; same inconsistency. Help!
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