ParseException: Unparseable date: "dd.MM.yyyy"

[Anonymous]

hey guys,
i'm using tos for DI 6.2.1 and i need to parse the first date from the following string in a talend open studio job:

"Report für Benutzerdefiniert Von: 11.10.2016 01:00:00 Bis: 12.10.2016 01:00:00"

I build the following expression which is used in tjavarow component to set the date as global var for later usage:

output_row.Datum = TalendDate.parseDate("dd.MM.yyyy",StringHandling.LEFT(StringHandling.FTRIM(StringHandling.EREPLACE(input_row.Column0,"Report für Benutzerdefiniert Von: ","")),11));
globalMap.put("datum",output_row.Datum);

if i run the job, i just get this error:

Exception in component tJavaRow_2
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "11.10.2016"
    at routines.TalendDate.parseDate(TalendDate.java:895)
    at routines.TalendDate.parseDate(TalendDate.java:839)
    at ec_bi.xxxx_logintimes_csv_to_db_0_1.xxxx_LoginTImes_CSV_to_DB.tFileInputDelimited_3Process(xxxx_LoginTImes_CSV_to_DB.java:3184)
    at ec_bi.xxxx_logintimes_csv_to_db_0_1.xxxx_LoginTImes_CSV_to_DB.tJavaRow_1_error(xxxx_LoginTImes_CSV_to_DB.java:412)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at ec_bi.xxxx_logintimes_csv_to_db_0_1.xxxx_LoginTImes_CSV_to_DB$TalendException.printStackTrace(xxxx_LoginTImes_CSV_to_DB.java:355)
    at ec_bi.xxxx_logintimes_csv_to_db_0_1.xxxx_LoginTImes_CSV_to_DB.runJobInTOS(xxxx_LoginTImes_CSV_to_DB.java:10195)
    at xxx.xxxxxx_csv_to_db_0_1.xxxx_LoginTImes_CSV_to_DB.main(xxxx_xxxxx_CSV_to_DB.java:9946)
Caused by: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "11.10.2016"
    at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:366)
    at routines.TalendDate.parseDate(TalendDate.java:881)
    ... 10 more

the inner expressions result seems to be correct and the reuslt is: "11.10.2016"  but whats wrong with 
TalendDate.parseDate("dd.MM.yyyy",...) ?
THANKFULLY
christian

[Anonymous]

UPDATE: 
if I run: 

output_row.datum = TalendDate.parseDate("dd.MM.yyyy",StringHandling.TRIM(StringHandling.LEFT(StringHandling.EREPLACE(input_row.Column0,"Report für Benutzerdefiniert Von: ",""),10)));

i get 

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "10.10.201"

what means that there seems to be a character which is not visible, how can i figure out what it is and how can i determine it easily ??

[Anonymous]

and ladies gentlemen, the solution or better the workaround is:

output_row.datum = TalendDate.parseDate("dd.MM.yyyy",StringHandling.TRIM(StringHandling.RIGHT(StringHandling.LEFT(StringHandling.EREPLACE(input_row.Column0,"Report für Benutzerdefiniert Von: ",""),11),10)));

but is there a more glaceful solution?

[cterenzi]

Does the  "Report für Benutzerdefiniert Von: " portion of your string ever vary?  If not, you can try something like:

output_row.Datum = TalendDate.parseDate("dd.MM.yyyy", input_row.Column0.substring(35,46));

Remember, you have full access to Java's String methods.  You don't need to rely solely on the ones Talend includes for you.