Convert Java Date into XML Date Format (and vice versa)

Question

Is there a nice and easy way to convert a Java Date into XML date string format and vice versa?

Cheers,

Andez

Answer 1

As already suggested use SimpleDateFormat.

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
String date = sdf.format(new Date());
System.out.println(date);
Date d = sdf.parse(date);

My guess is that the format/pattern that your looking for is yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss Also have a look at http://www.w3schools.com/schema/schema_dtypes_date.asp