SimpleDateFormat “Unparseable date” Exception

Question

I am trying to parse datetime string with SimpleDateFormat.parse() but I keep receiving Unparseable date exceptions.

Here is the date format I am trying

Answer 1

I believe that SimpleDateFormat will not parse timezones with a colon in them (-08:00). It should be able to parse the date 2011-10-06T12:00:00-0800.

Some simple string manipulation should help you get rid of the colon.

Answer 2

Try with

SimpleDateFormat dateParser = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssz");