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Parse Date, CET vs CEST, invalid TimeZone, unparseable

I am using shannah´s Data Access Library to access my objects via his DAO interfaces.
I face a very strange behaviour with parsing the date values when the unmap method gets called once my stuff is in the database. It only fails on CEST (Central European Summer Time)
I tried to use the NumberUtil.dateValue Method to parse it but it still fails...
java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to parse string date format Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 CEST 2016. Could not find appropriate format parser.
i defined DateFormat´s as these
dateFormats[0] = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy");
dateFormats[1] = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzzz yyyy");
dateFormats[2] = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZ yyyy");
dateFormats[3] = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy");
also tried to trim the String but it didnt help.
Im out of ideas as SDF doesnt have the constructor as the normal JDK with the 2nd parameter beeing the Locale.

// Method that take date time string , input pattern and out put pattern,that return formatted date as string
public String parseDate(String dateTime,String inputPattern, String outputPattern) throws ParseException {
SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(inputPattern, Locale.ENGLISH);
SimpleDateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(outputPattern);
Date date = inputFormat.parse(dateTime);
String str = outputFormat.format(date);
return str;
}
// call method
String date = parseDate("Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 CEST 2016" ,"EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy", "MM-dd-yyyy:HH:mm:ss");
// print date
System.out.println(date);
// Result
03-31-2016:03:00:00

I now did a workaround to this issue, i can still develop my api and stuff further but to be honest i dont like this fix, as i think it will make some problems with the TimeZones later.
Can someone with more experience tell me anything about this fix, if it may cause errors with TimesZones and Summer/Winter times?
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy");
String dateValue = plannedDate;
String year = dateValue.substring(dateValue.length() - 4);
dateValue = dateValue.substring(0, 20);
dateValue += year;
this.plannedDate = sdf.parse(dateValue);
Any advice or possible fixes are welcome (y)

Java simple date formatter for string to date

Can anyone point out what seems to be the problem here?
try {
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:13:00 EET").parse("EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss z");
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
and the stacktrace:
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:13:00 EET" (at offset 26)
I'm suspecting something with the locale that I'm using but I can't be sure. Seems that "z" for timezone not working.
Edit:
Sorry the exception was funny earlier, I changed it but forgot to update here.
try {
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss z", Locale.US).parse("Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:13:00 EET");
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

After looking at javadoc for SimpleDateFormat, you are using "hh" for hour, which is assumed to be a 12-hour time. Use HH for 24-hour time. Your example as 15 for the hour.

I think you're missing 'z' here.
Try:
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:13:00 EET").
parse("EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss zzz")
Since your timezone is with three characters.

Such an exception can come from parsing a date with the wrong Locale. For example this date formatter :
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss z", Locale.US);
will successfully parse the example date :
Date date = df.parse("Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:13:00 EET");
But the following will give the exception you are getting
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss z", Locale.FRENCH);
I would expect the Locale in Android to be chosen according to the language set by the user.

How do I parse this date format?

How do I parse this date format:
"Tue Dec 16 07:01:31 CET 2014"
I tried the following:
DateFormat dateformat = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL,
DateFormat.FULL, Locale.CANADA);
But that doesn't seem to be correct. Do you recognize this format and know how I need to configure DateFormat?

Try this;
SimpleDateFormat parserSDF=new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy", Locale.US);
Date d = parserSDF.parse("Tue Dec 16 07:01:31 CET 2014");

Convert EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss ZZZ yyyy to YYYY-MM-dd JAVA

I want to convert : Thu Feb 02 00:00:00 WET 2012 to 02/02/2012 (with date type not string) using JAVA.
I did
String date = "Thu Feb 02 00:00:00 WET 2012";
SimpleDateFormat formatnow = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss ZZZ yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
SimpleDateFormat formatneeded=new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-dd");
Date date1 = formatnow.parse(date);
String date2 = formatneeded.format(date1);
Date date3= formatneeded.parse(date2);
System.out.println(date3);
And I'm having : Thu Feb 02 00:00:00 WET 2012.
Can anyone tell me where is the problem ??

The Date object does not hold any information about the display format you want. So parsing a date from a formatted date string is not going to 'remember' any formatting.
System.out.println(date3) will print value of date3 using java's toString method.
You have the formatted date string in date2. So System.out.println(date2) should give you the right value.

Parsing String with spaces to Date, lead to ParseException

I have date strings in this form Thu Aug 02 00:00:00 GMT+00:00 2012
I have tried to use this method to parse these String in a Date object
public Date fromStringToDate(String data) {
Date result;
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy MM dd HH:mm:ss");
try {
result = sdf.parse(data);
return result;
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
But doesn't works and I get this error
java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Thu Aug 02 00:00:00 GMT+00:00 2012"
I suppose that the problem is caused by a wrong SimpleDateFormat, but I don't know the right syntax to fix it.

You need to adjust the date format to the given string:
EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss Z yyyy
Make sure use the correct placeholders, case sensitive, etc. Take a look to the Date and Time Patterns.
Sorry, I had a mistake with the 'z' pattern, 'Z' is:
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss Z yyyy", Locale.US);
Take a look to Locale.US, it is important to apply because the months and and days are in english.

Use this date formatting:
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy")