Unparsable Date exception java

Question

I am getting date in this format "Sat May 02 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0500 (Pakistan Standard Time)"

When i parse this using format

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss zZ (zzzz))

i get unparsable date exception which obviously means my format is wrong. Can some tell me what could be the right format for this . What to write for "(Pakistan Standard Time)" .

You can't use `(Pakistan Standard Time)` in your date format. GMT +0500 is sufficient to denote it's a Pakistan Standard Time — Sanjeev, May 17 '16 at 09:49
Than another option is to cut off `(Pakistan Standard Time)` and use rest of the date. it will give you desired outcome — Sanjeev, May 17 '16 at 09:52
lol yeah , why the heck did that not come in my mind :p anyways if i cut that off , is the format ok then? — Syed Muhammad Oan, May 17 '16 at 09:55
@SyedMuhammadOan: Change the format to EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'Z after you removing (Pakistan Standard Time), then it should be ok. — Unknown, May 17 '16 at 10:01
Related answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18493528/java-date-format-gmt-0700-pdt — Binary Nerd, May 17 '16 at 10:03

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

This is one way to parse your date:

public class Test {

    static final String sample_date = "Sat May 02 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0500 (Pakistan Standard Time)".replace("GMT", "")
            .replace(" (Pakistan Standard Time)", "");

    public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {

        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");
        ParsePosition position = new ParsePosition(0);
        Date d = sdf.parse(sample_date, position);
        System.out.println(d);
        System.out.println(position);
        if (position.getErrorIndex() != -1) {
            System.out.println(sample_date.substring(position.getErrorIndex()));
        }
        System.out.println(sdf.parse(sample_date));
    }
}

Reference: Java - unparseable date, need format to match "GMT-0400"

I already got the right answer in the comments but you're answer is the only one i put accept so i accpt this @Sanjeev and unknown had also given the right answer — Syed Muhammad Oan, May 17 '16 at 12:23

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