Convert String to Date Object in Java

Question

I need to parse the following string into a date object in java:

String time = "Jul 24 2012 05:19:34";
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss");
Date date = df.parse(time);

The code throws this exception:

Unparseable date: "Jul 24 2012 05:19:34"

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Answer 1

Make it

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss");

Note: MMM