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I thought this would be correct? ```java SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm 'GMT' on EEEE, d MMMM yyyy"); ``` error: ``` Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal pattern character 'o' ```

eue-0" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal pattern character 'G'
at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.compile(SimpleDateFormat.java:870)
at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.initialize(SimpleDateFormat.java:656)
at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.<init>(SimpleDateFormat.java:601)
at MainClass.main(MainClass.java:10)


Explanation:
The error is caused by the 'GMT' in the date pattern string. The character 'G' is not a valid format pattern in SimpleDateFormat. To include literal text like 'GMT' in the date format, you need to surround it with single quotes ('), but in this case, the single quotes are causing the error because 'G' is not a valid pattern character.

To fix this issue, you can escape the single quotes around 'GMT', like this:

```java
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm 'GMT' on EEEE, d MMMM yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);

This change will correctly include 'GMT' as literal text in the formatted date output without causing an IllegalArgumentException. Additionally, it's a good practice to specify a locale when creating SimpleDateFormat instances to ensure consistent formatting across different locales.

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