Issues converting String to Date in Java

Question

I need to convert an array of strings into the type Date in Java. I looked up some sample codes, which they all pretty much ask to do the same straight forward thing. This is what I'm doing:

  String[] dateString = { "2014/05/01", "2014/05/02", "2014/05/03", "2014/05/04", "2014/05/05"};
        Date[] dt = new Date[5];
        for(int i=0;i<count;i++){
            dt[i]= new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/mm/dd").parse(dateString[i]);
        }

The issue is on the line inside the loop I get an error that states: "Unhandled Exception by ParseException". Eclipse suggests me to surround it with a try and catch block, which I did. It now runs, but the dates I am getting in the dt array are not matching to the ones I'm putting in. I guess I am getting some kind of default value, which starts and January 1st 2014.

Anyone know what this is and how to solve it?

Thank you!

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '14 at 21:20

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Use capital MM for month; mm is minutes.

SimpleDateFormat javadocs has all the symbols

answered May 15 '14 at 21:20

rgettman

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Ohhh! Now it worked! Originally I had it all in capital letters, but I got an exception because of the Ys, so I put it all in lower case. Thanks! – theJuls May 15 '14 at 21:23
Yes, the case makes a difference for each letter code. – rgettman May 15 '14 at 21:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '14 at 21:22

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For month, you need to use MM, not mm. mm represents minutes

Check this Reference

answered May 15 '14 at 21:22

Bhushan

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Perfect! Thanks! Originally had it liked that, but changed it all after I got an exception because of the capital Ys... – theJuls May 15 '14 at 21:23

Issues converting String to Date in Java

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