Convert String to Date in java - Time zone

Question

I have a String, 2013-10-07T23:59:51.205-07:00, want to convert this to Java date object. I am getting parsing error.

date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'").parse("2013-10-07T23:59:51.205-07:00");

Answer 1

try

date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ")
                 .parse("2013-10-07T23:59:51.205-0700");

The Z is not a literal and the timezone does not have a colon

See the examples at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

If java7 is being used then Z can be replaced with X and the timezone can have a colon