Parsing Date/Time String - Urgent

[Zafer Abu saeed]

Hello all,

I have a problem parsing a String which represents a time (time only).
I'm using a DateFormat class with the default Locale and TimeZone,

When I use DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM), the String will be parsed correctly.
But when I use DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL) the resulting Date object will represent a time that is one-hour-before the time represented by the String.

example:

String time = "3:00:00 PM GMT+03:00";
DateFormat df1 = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
DateFormat df2 = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL);
System.out.println(df1.parse(time));
System.out.println(df2.parse(time));

Will print:
Thu Jan 01 15:00:00 EET 1970
Thu Jan 01 14:00:00 EET 1970

Can any body help please?

[Fletcher Estes]

I get a parse exception when I run your code, and a different result for the date that did parse:

Thu Jan 01 03:00:00 GMT 1970
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "3:00:00 PM GMT+03:00"
at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:335)
at com.foo.bar.ThreadTest.main(ThreadTest.java:42)

What version of Java are you using? It looks like the original String you're attempting to parse is invalid.

[Chengwei Lee]

I ran your codes and have the same issue as you. Was kind of puzzled, but as I read the API:

SHORT is completely numeric, such as 12.13.52 or 3:30pm
MEDIUM is longer, such as Jan 12, 1952
LONG is longer, such as January 12, 1952 or 3:30:32pm
FULL is pretty completely specified, such as Tuesday, April 12, 1952 AD or 3:30:42pm PST.

I think, the difference is caused by the style you used. If you use both LONG and FULL, you'd get the same output.

Hope this helps.