I have date in string i want to convert it into date format but i got an error

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String stringDate="2014-03-20T17:59:03+07:00";
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
Date startDate = df.parse(stringDate);

But I got an error that java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2014-03-20T17:59:03+07:00"

You realize that the format you provide to the simple date formatter should match the format of the date you're attempting to parse? — Evan Knowles, May 05 '14 at 06:13
possible duplicate of [Java string to date conversion](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4216745/java-string-to-date-conversion) — Oleg Estekhin, May 05 '14 at 06:16

Sam · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-05T07:24:15.323

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Format Wrong:

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

here

Edit :

String stringDate="2014-03-20T17:59:03+07:00";//2014-03-20T17:59:03+07:00 2014-03-20T17:59:03-07:00 
        DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
        try {
            Date startDate = sdf.parse(stringDate);
            System.out.println(startDate);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

edited May 05 '14 at 07:24

answered May 05 '14 at 06:14

Sam

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[java.text.ParseException] **: Unparseable date: "2014-03-20T10:59:03Z"** – May 05 '14 at 06:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '14 at 06:17

Take a look at the format you are asking for df to parse, and the one you are giving it. stringDate is formatted as "yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:33+ss:ss", but df expects "dd/mm/yyyy HH:mm:ss". To fix this either change the format of your input or the format of df.

qqilihq · Answer 3 · 2014-05-05T07:27:20.037

The format string for parsing you're looking for is yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ, however Z expects a format of +0700 for the time zone, instead of +07:00, so you need to do some string replacement first, to get rid of the colon.

String stringDate = "2014-03-20T17:59:03+07:00";
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
Date startDate = df.parse(stringDate.replaceAll("([+-]\\d{2}):(\\d{2})$", "$1$2"));
System.out.println(startDate); // output "Thu Mar 20 11:59:03 CET 2014" in my time zone

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 05 '14 at 07:36

The Joda-Time library accepts these ISO 8601 strings directly, parsed with a built-in formatter.

DateTime dateTime = new DateTime( "2014-03-20T17:59:03+07:00" );

If you really need a java.util.Date object (best to avoid j.u.Date when you can), convert.

java.util.Date date = dateTime.toDate();

I have date in string i want to convert it into date format but i got an error

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