Convert JSON date format

Question

I\'m receiving a JSON object with date value like this:

{\"PostingDate\":\"\\/Date(1325134800000-0500)\\/\"}

And I want to parse it in Java

Answer 1

Hier is a working parsing method based on the version of fge but improved as

1. it used jode's DateTime with the correct timezone initialized
2. minor change to pattern to accept +0200 too

=>

private static final Pattern bingTimePattern = Pattern.compile("\\/Date\\((\\d+)([-+]\\d+)?\\)\\/");

public static DateTime parseBingTime(String timeAsString) throws ParseException {
    Matcher matcher = bingTimePattern.matcher(timeAsString);
    if (!matcher.find())
        throw new ParseException("wrong date time format " + timeAsString, 0);

    final long millis = Long.parseLong(matcher.group(1));
    String tz = matcher.group(2);
    if (tz.isEmpty())
        tz = "+0000";

    return new DateTime(millis, DateTimeZone.forID(tz));
}