java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "04 Mar 2016 20:33+05:30" (at offset 3)

Question

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy HH:mmZ");
date = format.parse("05 Mar 2016 15:37+05:30");

is crashing only on some devices eg: (Galay s3 neo GT-I9300I) with

Non-fatal Exception: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date:
"05 Mar 2016 15:37+05:30" (at offset 3)

Any help is much appreciated!

Since you're on Android read [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2375222/java-simpledateformat-for-time-zone-with-a-colon-separator) — Reimeus, Mar 06 '16 at 13:15

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '16 at 12:51

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Z has no colon separator. You could do

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy HH:mmX");

answered Mar 06 '16 at 12:51

Reimeus

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '16 at 12:50

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According to the SimpleDateFormat docs, Z/ZZ/ZZZ:-0800 Notice the colon. Your string doesn't have one, so parsing it fails. Yes, its that sensitive.

answered Mar 06 '16 at 12:50

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funny thing is in many phones, it worked. May be they handled this humanish error :) – nizam.sp Mar 06 '16 at 13:18

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "04 Mar 2016 20:33+05:30" (at offset 3)

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