I'm trying to parse a date time string using java 8 DateTime API.
The string to parse contains date, month, year and AM/PM marker such as 17/02/2015 PM.
I use the following pattern: dd/MM/yyyy aa and I expect the parsed LocalDateTime time part to be set at 12:00:00 or 00:00:00 depending on the AM/PM marker.
Using the former java.text.SimpleDateFormat API, the parsing works as expected using this pattern.
But when i use java 8 DateTime API and run the following code:
LocalDateTime.parse("17/02/2015 PM", DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy aa"));
I got the following exception:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Too many pattern letters: a
at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder.parseField(DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java:1765)
at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder.parsePattern(DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java:1604)
at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder.appendPattern(DateTimeFormatterBuilder.java:1572)
at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(DateTimeFormatter.java:534)
If i switch the pattern to dd/MM/yyyy a then i got the folowing exception:
Exception in thread "main" java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text '17/02/2015 PM' could not be parsed: Unable to obtain LocalDateTime from TemporalAccessor: {AmPmOfDay=1},ISO resolved to 2015-02-17 of type java.time.format.Parsed
at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.createError(DateTimeFormatter.java:1918)
at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parse(DateTimeFormatter.java:1853)
at java.time.LocalDateTime.parse(LocalDateTime.java:492)
Caused by: java.time.DateTimeException: Unable to obtain LocalDateTime from TemporalAccessor: {AmPmOfDay=1},ISO resolved to 2015-02-17 of type java.time.format.Parsed
at java.time.LocalDateTime.from(LocalDateTime.java:461)
at java.time.LocalDateTime$$Lambda$7/474675244.queryFrom(Unknown Source)
at java.time.format.Parsed.query(Parsed.java:226)
at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parse(DateTimeFormatter.java:1849)
... 2 more
Caused by: java.time.DateTimeException: Unable to obtain LocalTime from TemporalAccessor: {AmPmOfDay=1},ISO resolved to 2015-02-17 of type java.time.format.Parsed
at java.time.LocalTime.from(LocalTime.java:409)
at java.time.LocalDateTime.from(LocalDateTime.java:457)
... 5 more
It's also weird that when i do the reverse operation, format, it works fine:
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.of(2015, 02, 17, 0, 0, 0).format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy a")));
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.of(2015, 02, 17, 12, 0, 0).format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd/MM/yyyy a")));
respectively prints 17/02/2015 AM and 17/02/2015 PM.
The javadoc for java.time.DateTimeFormatter says (§Resolving, step #6):
A LocalTime is formed if there is at least an hour-of-day available. This involves providing default values for minute, second and fraction of second.
What i understand is that the field hour-of-day is mandatory to parse a LocalDateTime... Isn't there any way to parse the time part only using the AM/PM field only?
解决方案
You can set the default values for unavailable fields via DateTimeFormatterBuilder.parseDefaulting:
DateTimeFormatter formatter = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
.appendPattern("dd/MM/yyyy a")
.parseDefaulting(ChronoField.HOUR_OF_AMPM, 0) // this is required
.parseDefaulting(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR, 0) // optional, but you can set other value
.parseDefaulting(ChronoField.SECOND_OF_MINUTE, 0) // optional as well
.toFormatter();
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.parse("17/02/2015 PM", formatter)); // 2015-02-17T12:00
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.parse("17/02/2015 AM", formatter)); // 2015-02-17T00:00