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How do I parse an ISO-8601 formatted string that contains no punctuation in Java 8?

How could I parse the following String to a LocalDateTime-Object?

20200203092315000000

I always get the following exception but I didn't understand it:

java.time.format.DateTimeParseException: Text '20200203092315000000' could not be parsed at index 0

    at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parseResolved0(DateTimeFormatter.java:1949)
    at java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parse(DateTimeFormatter.java:1851)
    at java.time.LocalDateTime.parse(LocalDateTime.java:492)
    at de.x.struct.type.LocalDateTimeStructField.setBytesValue(LocalDateTimeStructField.java:44)
    at de.x.struct.Struct.bytesToStruct(Struct.java:110)
    at de.x.struct.StructTest.testStringToStruct(StructTest.java:60)

My application code looks like:

LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.parse("20200203092315000000", DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmmssSSSSSS"));
Solution

  • looks like a known issue...

    bug_id=JDK-8031085 bug_id=JDK-8138676

    Workaround:

    DateTimeFormatter dtf = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().appendPattern("yyyyMMddHHmmss").appendValue(ChronoField.MILLI_OF_SECOND, 3).toFormatter()

    or

    CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND : use the following format (mind the '.'): "yyyyMMddHHmmss.SSS"

    LocalDateTime.parse("20150910121314987", DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmmss.SSS"))

    or alternatively use jodatime library