java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2014-06-04" (at offset 5)

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I want to parse the date into a desired format but i am receiving an exception every time. i know it is easy to implement but i am facing some problem don't know where exactly.: ``` Exception: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2014-06-04" (at offset 5) ``` Following is my code: ``` private String getconvertdate(String date) { DateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MMM-dd HH:mm:ss",Locale.ENGLISH); inputFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); DateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy",Locale.ENGLISH); Date parsed = null; try { parsed = inputFormat.parse(date); } catch (ParseException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } String outputText = outputFormat.format(parsed); return outputText; } ``` Input to method: 2014-06-04 Expected Output: 06-Jun-2014 I have followed some Ref. from Stackoverflow.com, but still he problem persist. Please Help.

Accepted Answer

You have no time part in your string: and the Month has only two character replace

```
new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MMM-dd HH:mm:ss",Locale.ENGLISH);
```

with

```
new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd",Locale.ENGLISH);
```

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2014-06-04" (at offset 5)

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