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i struggling converting date "hh:mm a" "hh:mm" in android. while don't errors on simple java application, error on android. here code:

string time = "02:00 pm"; string formattedtime = ""; simpledateformat displayformat = new simpledateformat("hh:mm"); string parseformats[] = new string[]{"hh:mm", "hhmm", "hh:mm a", "hh a"};  (string parseformat : parseformats) {     simpledateformat formatting = new simpledateformat(parseformat);     try {         date date = formatting.parse(time);         formattedtime = displayformat.format(date);         system.out.println(formattedtime);     } catch (parseexception e) {         system.out.println(parseformat);         e.printstacktrace();     } } 

in case of java expected:

02:00 hhmm java.text.parseexception: unparseable date: "02:00 pm"     @ java.text.dateformat.parse(dateformat.java:366)     @ helloworld.main(helloworld.java:31) 14:00 hh java.text.parseexception: unparseable date: "02:00 pm"     @ java.text.dateformat.parse(dateformat.java:366)     @ helloworld.main(helloworld.java:31) 

in android application same code returns exception "hh:mm a" well:

i/system.out: hh:mm w/system.err: java.text.parseexception: unparseable date: "02:00 pm" 

imports same:

import java.text.parseexception; import java.text.simpledateformat; import java.util.date; 

in case of java app, succeeds "hh:mm" , "hh:mm a". in case of android, succeeds "hh:mm".

found problem @arnauddenoyelle. checked simpledateformat class, turns out 1 valued constructor calls 2 valued defaul locale:

public simpledateformat(string pattern)     {         this(pattern, locale.getdefault(locale.category.format));     } 

am/pm seen error country, uses 24 hour system. phone , simple java application return different default locale values, getting different results.

while not solution, used locale.france avoid problem:

simpledateformat formatting = new simpledateformat(parseformat, locale.france);