java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "20, 1 20, 2016 10:28 am" (at offset 0)

Question

I am working on android application in which i want to parse my date according to my format. But i am getting Unparseable date exception on it. My code is given below, please help me out to parse my date according to my format.

        SimpleDateFormat stestRequest = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm aa");
         try { 
            month = month +1;
Date  dateRequestSelected      = stestRequest.parse(day+", "+month+" "+day+", "+year+" "+hour+":"+minutes+ state); // 20, 1 20, 2016 10:28 am
    // I need a format like Monday, January 20, 2016 10:28 am
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

Please help me out here.

If you already *have* the values separately, why are you converting them into text and parsing them at all? Just set the relevant parts in a `Calendar`, e.g. with [`Calendar.set`](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html#set-int-int-int-int-int-int-) — Jon Skeet, Jan 18 '16 at 11:45

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '16 at 11:36

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EEE stays for day in the week (TEXT), but you have the day of the month (number). You have to use d instead of EEE. The same applies to MMM which should be M.

SimpleDateFormat stestRequest = new SimpleDateFormat("d, M dd, yyyy hh:mm aa");

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answered Jan 18 '16 at 11:36

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thanks for your answer here. It is still not displaying in date format which i want. It is displaying it like Wed Jan 20 12:14:00 GMT+04:00 2016. I need to display it like Wednesday January 20 12:40:00 am 2016 – Android_Zapier Jan 18 '16 at 13:15

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "20, 1 20, 2016 10:28 am" (at offset 0)

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