SimpleDateFormat possible error in method parse
date, java, parseexception, simpledateformat, string
Solution
Make sure you `setLenient(false)` on the `SimpleDateFormat`. Otherwise it will parse lots of invalid dates without exception and you can't trust the output too much.
Problem
I receive a string that represent a date, I need convert this string to date, and validate that the string is a valid date. I receive the string 33-12-2013 a the parse method return a date 01-01-2014, the code: ``` Date fechaVencimientoFormateada; SimpleDateFormat formateador = new SimpleDateFormat( "dd-MM-yyyy" ); try { fechaVencimientoFormateada = formateador.parse( "33-12-2013" ); System.out.println( formateador.format(fechaVencimientoFormateada) ); } catch ( ParseException e ) { System.out.println("ERROR!"); } ``` the output: Thu Jan 02 00:00:00 COT 2014 and I expected a ParseException, any idea? And other examples: String date: 365-12-2013 output: Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 COT 2014 String date: 1-24-2013 output: Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 COT 2014 why ParseException is not throwing?