gistfile1.java

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public final class test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
	SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy");
	try {
	    sdf.parse("Apr 21 09:37:04 2011");
	} catch (ParseException e) {
	    e.printStackTrace();
	}
    }

}


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java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Apr 21 09:37:04 2011"
	at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:337)
	at test.main(test.java:12)