How to parse a Date like this 20-Feb-2006?

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i have problem of parsing a String into Date when the month contains 3 letters instead of two

What is wrong with the doc ? http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html — Thai Tran, Jul 07 '14 at 08:41
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-Mmm-yyy");sdf.parse("20-Feb-2006"); — user3505689, Jul 07 '14 at 08:42
@bubuzzz: reading manuals is an art no longer known to many people since the advent of search engines and forums. — a_horse_with_no_name, Jul 07 '14 at 08:44
possible duplicate of [How to parse date string to Date?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4496359/how-to-parse-date-string-to-date) — Basil Bourque, Jul 07 '14 at 09:53

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 07 '14 at 08:42

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use DateFormat in this way:

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
System.out.println( df.parse("20-Feb-2006"));

answered Jul 07 '14 at 08:42

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You need to supply a locale, otherwise this might fail if the current locale does not use `Feb` for Februar (e.g. in France) – a_horse_with_no_name Jul 07 '14 at 08:43
it does not work.....maybe because it is Feb and not FEB or maybe i am doing it while parsing xml – user3505689 Jul 07 '14 at 08:53
@user3505689 in my test it works fine. What is the exception you get? Or do you get a wrong date? – Jens Jul 07 '14 at 08:56

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '14 at 08:42

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USe

    String strDate = "20-Feb-2006";
    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
    Date dateStr = formatter.parse(strDate);

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '14 at 08:55

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DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
Date date = df.parse("20-Feb-2006");

answered Jul 07 '14 at 08:55

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How to parse a Date like this 20-Feb-2006?

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