how to format 2013-05-15T10:00:00-07:00 to Date android

Question

I am trying to format the date string to Date, and then get the month/day from it:

String strDate="2013-05-15T10:00:00-07:00";
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
            "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss-z");

    Date convertedDate = new Date();
    try {
        convertedDate = dateFormat.parse(strDate);
    } catch (ParseException e) {

        e.printStackTrace();
    }

 SimpleDateFormat sdfmonth = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd");
        String monthday= sdfmonth.format(convertedDate);

but it returns me current month/day i.e 5/18. Whats wrong?

because you get the ParseException, and convertDate is initialized with today date — Blackbelt, May 18 '13 at 12:01
Try adding `System.out.println(convertedDate);` inside that try block.. Post us what you get or stack trace if there is exception... — CRUSADER, May 18 '13 at 12:21
You get a bad date because you should re-format convertedDate in the try block. Actually you do it even if your block raisde an exception. — Snicolas, May 18 '13 at 12:26
@SohailAziz I tried with "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ" and worked for me — Blackbelt, May 18 '13 at 12:38

Snicolas · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-18T12:38:49.927

5

3 things :

There is a mistake in your format : 2013-05-15T10:00:00-07:00 has no meaning, it should be 2013-05-15T10:00:00-0700 (with no colon at the end, this is a timezone defined in RFC 822. (Look at the docs about Z).
Change your format to yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ as mentionned by @blackbelt
you get a bad date because you re-format your date whatever happens during parsing. Re-format in your try block, if and only if parsing worked.

----------Update

    String strDate = "2013-05-15T10:00:00-0700";
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");

    Date convertedDate = new Date();
    try {
        convertedDate = dateFormat.parse(strDate);
        SimpleDateFormat sdfmonth = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd");
        String monthday = sdfmonth.format(convertedDate);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

edited May 18 '13 at 12:38

answered May 18 '13 at 12:28

Snicolas

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`2013-05-15T10:00:00-0700` this string also thows me Unparseable exception friend. – Gunaseelan May 18 '13 at 12:34
I tried this with latest android sdk. It worked. I aspected It will not, but Actually It worked (with yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ). Any clues? – Blackbelt May 18 '13 at 12:41
Sorry friend this one runs perfectly. Itried with `new SimpleDateFormat( "MMMM d, yyyy")`. That is problem I think. – Gunaseelan May 18 '13 at 12:46

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

I don't know what is wrong in your code. for me it throws Unparseable exception like this.

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2013-05-15T10:00:00-07:00"

But the following way works well.

String strDate="January 2, 2010";
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM d, yyyy");
Date date = dateFormat.parse(strDate);
System.out.println(date.getMonth());

But in java Date is deprecated as per http://docs.oracle.com/ . Try to use Calender instead of Date.

I hope this will help you.

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