java.text.Parse Exception : Unparseable Date

Question

I have the following code:

  String ModifiedDate = \"1993-06-08T18:27:02.000Z\" ;  
  SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(\"yyyy-MM-         


        

Answer 1

The Z pattern latter indicates an RFC 822 time zone. Your string

String ModifiedDate = "1993-06-08T18:27:02.000Z" ;  

does not contain such a time zone. It contains a Z literally.

You'll want a date pattern, that similarly to the literal T, has a literal Z.

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");

If you meant for Z to indicate Zulu time, add that as a timezone when constructing the SimpleDateFormat

sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Zulu"));;