How to convert String to Date with TimeZone?

Question

I\'m trying to convert my String in Date + Timezone. I get my String from a DateTime Variable (here: xyz). My code:

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Answer 1

"2017-01-03+01:00"

I thought it a similar ISO 8601 format date string, but actually not ISO 8601. Thanks @Meno Hochschild and @Basil Bourque's indication.

It is so luck that this method works for such format's string: javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.parseDateTime, it will return a Calendar:

System.out.println(DatatypeConverter.parseDate("2017-01-03+01:00").getTime());

Output:

Tue Jan 03 07:00:00 CST 2017

From the method javadoc:

public static Calendar parseDate(String lexicalXSDDate)
Converts the string argument into a Calendar value.

Parameters: lexicalXSDDate - A string containing lexical representation of xsd:Date.

Returns: A Calendar value represented by the string argument.

Throws: IllegalArgumentException - if string parameter does not conform to lexical value space defined in XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes for xsd:Date.