SimpleDateFormat “Unparseable date” Exception

Question

I am trying to parse datetime string with SimpleDateFormat.parse() but I keep receiving Unparseable date exceptions.

Here is the date format I am trying

Answer 1

The timezone should be GMT-08:00 or -0800 (as Madcore Tom said). See Java docs.

In Java 7 you can use "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssX"