Convert String to Java Date

[ryan bohnert]

I am trying to convert a string to Java Date.

String val = "2008-04-22T09:00:10.548-06:00";

try{
  SimpleDateFormat parser = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-d'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");  			
  tstamp = parser.parse(val);
  System.out.println(tstamp.toString());
}catch(ParseException e){
  System.out.println(e.toString());
}	

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2008-04-22T09:00:10.548-06:00"

Any suggestions?

[Wouter Oet]

You're parse string should be

2008-04-22T09:00:10.548GMT-06:00
2008-04-22T09:00:10.548Pacific Standard Time-06:00

or something like that.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Go through the SimpleDateFormat documentation. When you get to the Z bit for time zone, the example shown has -0800, not -08:00. It is different if you write z from if you write Z.