Java ParseException while attempting String to Date parsing

Question

I\'m having a hard time Parsing/Formatting a Date string received back from a web service. I\'ve attempted multiple approaches, but with no luck.

Sample Dat

Answer 1

This pattern should parse the date you provide: "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'".
If you want to use SimpleDateFormat and you have a limited number of variations, you can create separate formatters for each pattern and chain them:

Date date = formatter1.parse(info.AiringTime);
if (date == null)
{
  date = formatter2.parse(info.AiringTime);
  if (date == null)
  {
    date = formatter2.parse(info.AiringTime);
    if (date == null)
    {
      date = formatter3.parse(info.AiringTime);
    }
  }
}

or put them in a list and iterate until non-null or no more formatters.
If you have too many patterns for this to be practical, you can parse it yourself or try one of these libraries.