Java Unparsable date

Question

I have a string with the format: String dateString = \"2014-03-17T20:05:49.2300963Z\"

Trying this:

SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateF         


        

Answer 1

tl;dr

Instant.parse( "2014-03-17T20:05:49.2300963Z" )

java.time

You are using the troublesome old date-time classes, now legacy, supplanted by the java.time classes.

Resolution

• Milliseconds
  The old date-time classes were limited to milliseconds resolution, for up to three digits of decimal fraction.
• Microseconds
  Your input has six digits of fractional second for microseconds.
• Nanoseconds
  The java.time classes have a resolution of nanoseconds for up to nine digits of fractional seconds. More than enough for your microseconds.

ISO 8601

The ISO 8601 standard defines string formats to represent date-time values. You input complies with ISO 8601.

The java.time classes use ISO 8601 formats by default when parsing and generating strings. So no need to specify a formatting pattern.

Instant instant =
    Instant.parse( "2014-03-17T20:05:49.2300963Z" );