Java SimpleDateFormat for YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD

Question

One of the external APIs we use requires

"YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD"

format to be passed in

XMLGregorianCalendar

object. I am not sure if there is anything in Java that supports "T". I was wondering, if a date can be parsed into above format in Java? An example of a valid date they have provided is

"2009-07-16T19:20:30-05:00"............

 Update:

        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZ");        
        GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
        String dateString = sdf.format(gc.getTime());       
        gc.setTime(sdf.parse(dateString));      
        XMLGregorianCalendar date2 = DatatypeFactory.newInstance().newXMLGregorianCalendar(gc);

Output:

2014-04-17T13:11:30.000+01:00

Abimaran Kugathasan · Answer 1 · 2014-04-17T11:49:20.790

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Use JodaTime's DateTimeFormat API with "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ" date pattern

String date = "2009-07-16T19:20:30-05:00";
String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ";
DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormat.forPattern(pattern);
DateTime dateTime = dtf.parseDateTime(date);
System.out.println(dateTime); // 2009-07-16T19:20:30-05:00

edited Apr 17 '14 at 11:49

answered Apr 17 '14 at 11:42

Abimaran Kugathasan

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What if I have pattern like this "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ" (T without single quotes), Is there any way around to parse this thing to Date object ? – Shamim Ahmad Dec 21 '16 at 07:00
@ShamimAhmad, it will throw an exception: `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown pattern character 'T'`. – CoolMind Sep 26 '18 at 11:26

score 8 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 04 '15 at 18:34

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Try Java 8 LocalDateTime.parse

You could also use threeten if you're on an earlier Java Version.

Example: DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ").format(yourLocalDateTime)

edited Oct 04 '15 at 18:34

Nicholas DiPiazza

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answered Apr 17 '14 at 11:44

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Peter Lawrey · Answer 3 · 2014-04-17T12:50:09.163

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You need to put it in single quotes.

Try

YYYY-mm-dd'T'hh:MM:ssZ

edited Apr 17 '14 at 12:50

answered Apr 17 '14 at 11:43

Peter Lawrey

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Hi Pete, I tried it but somehow it appends "000". Please see my updated answer. – Abidi Apr 17 '14 at 12:15

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 17 '14 at 11:45

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Yes,you can.Try this date formatter.

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS");

answered Apr 17 '14 at 11:45

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