What's the best way to parse an XML dateTime in Java?

Question

What\'s the best way to parse an XML dateTime in Java? Legal dateTime values include 2002-10-10T12:00:00-05:00 AND 2002-10-10T17:00:00Z

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Answer 1

See Parse and format dateTime values, although: -It takes "GMT" as the default timezone -It does not complain if there are trailing non-parseable parts -Does not take into account that TimeZone defaults to "GMT" on wrong "GMT+xxxx"