Date parsing problem

Question

Hi!
I've got a problem using your package. When i trying to get dirDetails he throws a following exception (it was on ftp.gtn.ru)

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Apr-7-1998"
   at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:335)
   at com.enterprisedt.net.ftp.UnixFileParser.parse(UnixFileParser.java:139)
   at com.enterprisedt.net.ftp.FTPFileFactory.parse(FTPFileFactory.java:118)
   at com.enterprisedt.net.ftp.FTPClient.dirDetails(FTPClient.java:1399)

I'm using version 1.3.1 of your libroary and jdk 1.4

Answer 1

To make my topic more popular i'll speak here with myself:)
I found source of this error. It's becouse i'm from Russia. In classes UnixFileParsers and WindowsFileParcer used constructor

 private final static SimpleDateFormat formatter =
        new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yy hh:mma");

But SimpleDataFormat use Local options for names of the months, and FTPServer using english names, so here must be

 private final static SimpleDateFormat formatter =
        new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yy hh:mma",Locale.US);

I hope in next version author will change it!
Sorry for my English.

Answer 2

What will happen if your FTP server returns Russian names?

To make my topic more popular i'll speak here with myself:)
I found source of this error. It's becouse i'm from Russia. In classes UnixFileParsers and WindowsFileParcer used constructor

 private final static SimpleDateFormat formatter =
        new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yy hh:mma");

But SimpleDataFormat use Local options for names of the months, and FTPServer using english names, so here must be

 private final static SimpleDateFormat formatter =
        new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yy hh:mma",Locale.US);

I hope in next version author will change it!
Sorry for my English.

Answer 3

What will happen if your FTP server returns Russian names?

It works fine with Russian names to. But may be it's becouse Localization Settings of my JRE. Anyway i have not changed anythink in your lib except bug with spaces and constructors invokations as stated above and now it works fine with FTPServers with Russian names of dirs and files.
Try to scan ftp.tms.dp.ua. In dir incoming one of subdirs got russian name.