title: Java 8 Date time formatter misbehaving
body: <p>I have the following piece of code that is throwing a <code>DateTimeParseException</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>String dateString = "Jul 20 09:32:46"
  DateTimeFormatter formatter=DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("L d HH:mm:ss");
  return ZonedDateTime.parse(dateString, formatter);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>According to the <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">documentation</a>, you will observe that <code>Jul</code> is the example for character <code>L</code>.</p>
  
  <p>However, the exception message is:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text 'Jul' could not be parsed at index 0</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>What am I missing?</p>