JodaTime String yyyy-mm-ddThh:mmss.Z to DateTime

Question

hi i am using Joda time to convert my string dates to DateTime objects.

I currently have the following string:

2014-02-16T00:17:20.000Z

how do i convert this to a DateTime object?

I have tried:

DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZ");
        DateTime dt = formatter.parseDateTime("2014-02-16T00:17:20.000Z");

But i am getting the following error:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format: "2014-02-16T00:17:20.000Z" is malformed at ".000Z"

Any help is greatly appreciated

Your string has some milliseconds; but your format doesn't include milliseconds. — Dawood ibn Kareem, Feb 17 '14 at 20:59
@DavidWallace I thought it was only used in the pattern. Thanks. — Sotirios Delimanolis, Feb 17 '14 at 21:02
seems like it should be `DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ")` — Reimeus, Feb 17 '14 at 21:07
@Reimeus - that seems to throw away the timezone. I don't think you want the single quotes around the Z. — Dawood ibn Kareem, Feb 17 '14 at 21:09
possible duplicate of [Converting ISO8601-compliant String to java.util.Date](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2201925/converting-iso8601-compliant-string-to-java-util-date) — Basil Bourque, May 21 '14 at 00:33

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '14 at 09:26

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For future visitors, simpler solution:

String date = "2014-02-16T00:17:20.000Z";
DateTime dateTime = new DateTime(date);

answered May 20 '14 at 09:26

Bresiu

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I don't see how is this helpful. Needed a pattern and the one provided in comments does not work. – Aubergine Oct 20 '14 at 10:42
how is this helpful? The question is asking about DateTimeFormat. – Dez Udezue Dec 21 '16 at 15:59
@DezUdezue The question is asking how to convert string in a specific format to DateTime object. – Bresiu Dec 22 '16 at 08:32

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 17 '14 at 22:38

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This format happens to be the ISO date time format, that DateTime uses by default. You just need

DateTime d = DateTime.parse(s);

or

DateTime d = DateTime.parse(s, ISODateTimeFormat.dateTimeParser());

answered Feb 17 '14 at 22:38

JB Nizet

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 26 '16 at 09:04

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Might be issue is you guys using Z(zone) in caps

i have tested below code works well

SimpleDateFormat formatter= new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSz", Locale.ENGLISH);  
Date date =formatter.parse("2016-09-06T08:35:02.530GMT"); 
DateTime d = new DateTime(date.getTime());

edited Dec 26 '16 at 09:04

Kerem Baydoğan

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answered Sep 06 '16 at 11:45

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JodaTime String yyyy-mm-ddThh:mmss.Z to DateTime

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