Convert String to Date in java - Time zone

Question

I have a String, 2013-10-07T23:59:51.205-07:00, want to convert this to Java date object. I am getting parsing error.

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Answer 1

The problem is that -07:00 is not a valid Time zone . The Time Zone should have this format, for example something like -0800.