SYMPTOM
An unparseable date exception is raised when the used java version in designer and runtime is not the same.
For instance when user in Java 8 tries to access a runtime runtime in Java 11 and vice versa:
SOLUTION
Add this java option of JRE 11, in initvariable.bat file, when communicating with JRE 8.
-Djava.locale.providers=COMPAT
Please refer to this Openjdk article for further information: https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/252