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javadatetimeformattingiso8601

Parsing a date string using java.text.SimpleDateFormat

I have a weird problem, I need to parse a date string that looks like 1997-02-14T00:00:00.0000000+05:30. The odd thing about the date string is the time zone information. It's +05:30 instead of the usual +0530.

I have the basic format string ready, yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSSZ which would have worked like a charm, if not for the TZ information.

Can anyone suggest a solution to this problem? Is there some kind format string which can handle that kind of TZ info?

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • Can you not preprocess with a regex and replace the timezone e.g.

    String dateAndTime = ...
String preprocessed = dateAndTime.replace("([+-])(\\d\\d):(\\d\\d)$", "$1$2$3");
// Go on with your life