Unparseable date problem

Question

I am trying to parse the current date, "Date dTheCurrentDate = dfCur.parse(strTheCurrentDate);"
It throws an unparseable date exception. How can I make this code work?
Thanks,
Jim
Date theCurrentDate = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss a");
String strTheCurrentDate = formatter.format(theCurrentDate);
String genericAmount = "";
String strDueDate = (String)request.getAttribute("duedate");
DateFormat dfDue = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
DateFormat dfCur = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
Date dDueDate = dfDue.parse(strDueDate);
Date dTheCurrentDate = dfCur.parse(strTheCurrentDate);

Answer 1

Due Date is already in the ("MMM d, yyyy") format.
It is the now date that need to match this above
format.So, with the example I posted above:
String nowString = dueDateFormat.format(now);But this begs the question (again), are you comparing them as Strings or Dates? If the answer is "Strings" the follow-up question is "WHY??"