Convert given String to a Date object

Question

I have a given String 2019-04-17 10:00:43+02:00 and want to convert it to something like Mon Apr 15 12:05:47 CEST 2019

I tried:

String date = "2019-04-17T11:02:46+02:00"
SimpleDateFormat formatter= new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd'T'hh:mm:ssX ");
java.util.Date result = formatter.parse(date);

but it gives an Exception like below.

Exception in thread "main" java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2019-04-17 11:02:46+02:00" at java.text.DateFormat.parse(Unknown Source)

Possible duplicate of [Java string to date conversion](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4216745/java-string-to-date-conversion) — user2340612, Apr 17 '19 at 15:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 17 '19 at 15:33

This is a default ISO format which can be parsed as is with OffsetDateTime:

String date = "2019-04-17T11:02:46+02:00";
OffsetDateTime odt = OffsetDateTime.parse(date);

If you really need a java.util.Date, you can then use:

Date legacyDate = Date.from(odt.toInstant());

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 17 '19 at 15:38

the problem with your code is you have put a extra space in the formatter.

String date = "2019-04-17T11:02:46+02:00";
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd'T'hh:mm:ssX");
Date rst = format.parse(date);
System.out.println(rst);

output :

Thu Jan 17 14:32:46 IST 2019

Convert given String to a Date object

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