Java format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSz to yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss

Question

I\'m trying to format a date in yyyy-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ss.SSSz format to yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss, which should be easy but I can\'t get it to work.

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Answer 1

String dateStr = "2016-09-17T08:14:03+00:00";
String s = dateStr.replace("Z", "+00:00");
s = s.substring(0, 22) + s.substring(23);
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ").parse(s);
Timestamp createdOn = new Timestamp(date.getTime());
mcList.setCreated_on(createdOn);

Java 7 added support for time zone descriptors according to ISO 8601. This can be use in Java 7.