cannot parse the String to Date object

Question

I have a String in this format : 2016-08-08T10:27:06.282858+00:00.

I want to parse this string to get the Date object. I tried

SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS'Z'");

But I'm getting the error: Unparseable date: "2016-08-08T11:06:22+00:00" (at offset 19)

I tried every other format in place of 'Z' as 'X', 'XXX' but nothing seems to work.

use like this `SimpleDateFormat sourceDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd)` you'll be able to parse the `date object` by doing this — Nitin Misra, Aug 08 '16 at 11:30
@NitinMisra I wanted to sort complete String to get the total milli seconds in the date. — Ran94, Aug 08 '16 at 11:47
@duffymo I couldn't solve my problem with the solution present in the thread you attached as duplicate. — Ran94, Aug 08 '16 at 11:48
@Ran94 look at the tile of the question `cannot parse the String to Date object` — Nitin Misra, Aug 08 '16 at 12:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 08 '16 at 12:16

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Correct format is "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSXXX". ' ' is used to escape simbols and avoid parsing them.

answered Aug 08 '16 at 12:16

Maksim Maksimov

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 08 '16 at 12:18

the 'Z' at the end of your pattern seems to be the problem. I removed it and parsing worked:

@Test
public void testParsing() throws Exception {
    String text = "2016-08-08T10:27:06.282858+00:00";
    SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS");

    Date date = df.parse(text);
    System.out.println(date);
}

Output:

Mon Aug 08 10:31:48 CEST 2016

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 08 '16 at 13:03

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@Ran94 You're trying to parse a wrong date i.e 2016-08-08T11:06:22+00:00 and seems invalid, the correct possible value for this should be 2016-08-08T11:06:22+0000 which can be represented by this format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ. Hope this helps

answered Aug 08 '16 at 13:03

Nitin Misra

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