How to parse date to EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy format?

Question

I am getting date from database as 2013-05-03 00:20:29.0. I want to parse the date to EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy format, but when I am parsing it, I am getting this exception:

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2013-05-03 00:20:29.0"

My code is below:

    String createdDate = "2013-05-03 00:20:29.0";
    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy");
    Date parseDate = format.parse(createdDate);

Answer 1

You have to adjust the Format pattern. Format must be yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S

Try this

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S");

See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html