SimpleDateFormat format string with 00 reasons Date mismatch

Question

The following code throws an "Imperfect Date" exception when it is executed. Can I say that SimpleDateFormat date string should end at 00?

public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss00");
    try {
        Date date = format.parse("2009030916301600");
    } catch (ParseException ex) {
        System.out.println("Exception" + ex);
    }
}

}

Answer 1

Use single quotation marks to represent literal text.

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss'00'");

See also:

• java.text.SimpleDateFormat javadoc

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Update : after a quick test this did not work. I suspect a jawadoc has revealed a corner case. In the end, you can just leave them.

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");

Alternatively, you can also use Sto represent them in milliseconds. This will not affect the final result, since in any case it is equal to zero.

SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmssS");