Java ParseException while attempting String to Date parsing

Question

I\'m having a hard time Parsing/Formatting a Date string received back from a web service. I\'ve attempted multiple approaches, but with no luck.

Sample Dat

Answer 1

You could try:

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
String dateString = dateString.replace("Z", "GMT+00:00");
Date date = dateFormat.parse(dateString);

The above code should correctly handle the case where a timezone is specified in the date. As Z represents the UTC/GMT timezone it is replaced by GMT so the SimpleDateFormat can interpret it correctly (i would love to know a cleaner way of handling this bit if anyone knows one).