Java SimpleDateFormat pattern for W3C XML dates with timezone
date, iso8601, java, simpledateformat
Solution
How about something like:
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"){
public Date parse(String source,ParsePosition pos) {
return super.parse(source.replaceFirst(":(?=[0-9]{2}$)",""),pos);
}
};
Problem
I am trying to parse a W3C XML Schema date like the following ``` "2012-05-15T07:08:09+03:00" ``` which complies with the ISO 8601 version of the W3C XML Schema dateTime specification. In the above date, the timezone identifier is `"+03:00"`, but no `SimpleDateFormat` pattern apparently exists to represent it. If the timezone were `"+0300"`, then `Z` (uppercase) would be applicable and the `SimpleDateFormat` pattern would be ``` yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ ``` Similarly, if the timezone were `"GMT+03:00"`, then `z` (lowercase) would be applicable and the `SimpleDateFormat` pattern would be ``` yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssz ``` (uppercase `'Z'` also works, by the way). So, is there a `SimpleDateFormat` pattern or workaround to represent the above date without preprocessing of the date string?