convert timestamp to date

[kumar inuks]

how can I convert "2006-08-15T17:23:15Z" to Date object

[Freddy Wong]

Have you looked at the JavaDoc for SimpleDateFormat?

[kumar inuks]

I found a solution , here it is
String str = "2006-08-15T17:23:15Z";
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
Date date= (Date) df.parse(str);

[Freddy Wong]

[Jesper de Jong]

Note that the 'Z' at the end of that timestamp indicates that the date and time are to be interpreted as "zulu time", which means they are in the UTC timezone. You might want to take that into account when dealing with it.

You can set the timezone on the SimpleDateFormat object, like this:

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

Date date= (Date) df.parse(str);

[kumar inuks]

thanks Jesper