Exception while Parsing date

Question

When i try to parse date like this :
Date date = new Date();
date = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT).parse("08.02.05");
out.println(date);
At run time i get the following Exception:
Exception in thread "main" java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "08.02.05"
at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:335)
at demo.main(demo.java:12)
I had seen this working in an example and now this is not working.....can anyone tell me Why.................

Answer 1

It probably depends on your regional settings. You should specify the pattern instead of using DateFormat.SHORT.
Kaj