SimpleDateFormat pattern query

Question

What is the pattern for SimpleDateFormat that produces strings that look like

2013-11-22T14:30:03.2148+02:00

?

Did you 1) try anything 2) check the docs before posting this question? — Reimeus, Jan 09 '14 at 11:38
Yes. My main problem is with the time zone component: neither 'z' nor 'Z' created 02:00 — Joel Shemtov, Jan 09 '14 at 11:40
See here. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15245307/java-simpledateformat-timezone-offset-with-minute-seperated-by-colon — peter.petrov, Jan 09 '14 at 11:40
Explain the format you want for others its difficult to interpret the format. — Chandrayya G K, Jan 10 '14 at 06:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '14 at 11:42

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Chek this link. You will find:

yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX

answered Jan 09 '14 at 11:42

Sergi

This does not work for JDK <= 6. Right? – peter.petrov Jan 09 '14 at 11:43
@peter.petrov According to [the doc](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html), in JDK5 is `"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"`. – Sergi Jan 09 '14 at 11:44
This (with the Z) is not doing 100% what the OP wants. This gives: "2014-01-09T06:47:19.078-0500" while OP wants: "2014-01-09T06:47:19.0782-05:00". I am not sure how it can be done with JDK <= 6. – peter.petrov Jan 09 '14 at 11:54
I know how. Migrate to JDK7. – Sergi Jan 09 '14 at 12:22
Fortunately I am using Java7 so this answer is good enough for me. In fact, yesterday's comment to the question by @peter.petrov had reference to another question with the same answer. Thanks everyone who tried to help – Joel Shemtov Jan 10 '14 at 08:25

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