title: i got the error java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date
body: <p>I want the date format as dd-MMM-yyyy.
  My code is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>String v_date_str="Sun Mar 06 11:28:16 IST 2011";
          DateFormat formatter;
          formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
          Date date_temp=null;
          try {
              date_temp = (Date) formatter.parse(v_date_str);
          } catch (ParseException ex) {
              Logger.getLogger(Attendance_Calculation.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
          }
          System.out.println("output: "+date_temp);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But, I got the error as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    The log message is null.
  java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Sun Mar 06 11:28:16 IST 2011"
          at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:337)
          at org.fes.pis.jsf.main.Attendance_Calculation.btn_show_pending_appl_action(Attendance_Calculation.java:415)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at com.sun.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:187)
          at com.sun.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:297)
          at com.sun.facelets.el.TagMethodExpression.invoke(TagMethodExpression.java:68)
          at javax.faces.event.MethodExpressionActionListener.processAction(MethodExpressionActionListener.java:99)
          at javax.faces.event.ActionEvent.processListener(ActionEvent.java:88)
          at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.broadcast(UIComponentBase.java:771)
          at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:372)
          at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.broadcastEvents(UIViewRoot.java:475)
          at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:756)
          at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationPhase.execute(InvokeApplicationPhase.java:82)
          at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100)
          at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:118)
          at com.sun.faces.extensions.avatar.lifecycle.PartialTraversalLifecycle.execute(PartialTraversalLifecycle.java:94)
          at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:265)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.servletService(ApplicationFilterChain.java:427)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:315)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:287)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:218)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:648)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:593)
          at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:94)
          at com.sun.enterprise.web.PESessionLockingStandardPipeline.invoke(PESessionLockingStandardPipeline.java:98)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:222)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:648)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:593)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:587)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:1093)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:166)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:648)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:593)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:587)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:1093)
          at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:291)
          at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(DefaultProcessorTask.java:666)
          at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.doProcess(DefaultProcessorTask.java:597)
          at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.process(DefaultProcessorTask.java:872)
          at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultReadTask.executeProcessorTask(DefaultReadTask.java:341)
          at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.ssl.SSLReadTask.process(SSLReadTask.java:444)
          at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.ssl.SSLReadTask.doTask(SSLReadTask.java:230)
          at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.TaskBase.run(TaskBase.java:264)
          at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.ssl.SSLWorkerThread.run(SSLWorkerThread.java:106)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help....</p>
  
  <p>But, I want the date in date format as dd-MMM-yyyy.</p>