Problem with SimpleDateFormat.parse()

Hello
I have a problem with the parse-function in SimpleDateFormat.
When i try to parse the date Fri Jul 15 17:23:41 2005 with this pattern EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy i get the exception java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Fri Jul 15 17:23:41 2005".
This is my code:
SimpleDateFormat df=new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy");
try {
df.parse(strDate);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}Can someone explain me what i did wrong?
Thanks
Matthias

Since your name is "Matthias" it is possible that your locale is one that does not use the English language. If that is the case then your problem is that "Fri" or "Jul" are not correct abbreviations in your language.
Easiest way to test this idea is to format a date (such as now) using that SimpleDateFormat object and see what the output looks like.

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