Java Compiler Issue: cannot find symbol

I am trying to format a String into a date but getting java compiler error:

The fragment of code is:

String value = String.valueOf(entry.getValue());
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.ENGLISH);
//String dateInString = value;
SimpleDateFormat parse = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss Z yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
if (isFirst){
   Date date = parse.parse(value);
   //Then I'll just put the date variable into a cell in the html table. 

The error I am getting:

cannot find symbol

 [javac] symbol  : constructor SimpleDateFormat(java.lang.String,java.util.Locale)
     [javac] location: class com.lb.base.util.extra.SimpleDateFormat
     [javac]                             SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.ENGLISH);
     [javac]                                                          ^

I get this for both times I am declaring new SimpleDateFormat. I have checked that import is not the issue. Quite confused to what it is then..why am I getting this 'cannot find symbol' error?

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