Error while parsing date format

Question

Hi Friends
I am using db2 as backend for my project and currently facing an issue with the parsing of the date.
The date being returned from the db is in the format - yyyy-MM-dd-HH.mm.ss.SSS000 and the return type is String.
when i try to parse and convert it into a date object. i get the following error
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2011-05-30-20.23.25.319000"
the code to format is as below
String dateTime = "2011-05-30-20.23.25.319000";
java.text.SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd-HH.mm.ss.SSS000");
Date date =format.parse(dateTime);
please provide your comments as to what i am doing wrong here.and if possible let me know the solution.
Best Regards
Vikeng

Answer 1

Use this instead:
java.text.SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd-HH.mm.ss.SSS");