Help for using Java Time

[Paul li]

 
String time = "22/May/2008:00:09:44 -0400";
 
String strDF1= "dd/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss Z";
SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat( strDF1 );
Date d1= ( Date ) sdf1.parse( time );
System.out.println( d1.toString() );
 
String srtDF2= "yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss Z";
SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat( srtDF2 );
String newTime= sdf2.format( d1 );
System.out.println( newTime );

The output is as the following:
Thu May 22 00:09:44 EDT 2008
2008-09-22 00:09:44 -0400

The format is correctly changed, but the time is wrong.

Please help...

Thanks,
Paul
[ August 08, 2008: Message edited by: Paul li ]

[Norm Radder]

the time is wrong.

What is the correct value?
Looks like the month is wrong. May is the 5th month.

You need to read the doc for the formatting letter usage. m vs M
[ August 09, 2008: Message edited by: Norm Radder ]

[Steve Luke]

Originally posted by Paul li:

 
String srtDF2= "yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss Z";

The output is as the following:
Thu May 22 00:09:44 EDT 2008
2008-09-22 00:09:44 -0400

The format is correctly changed, but the time is wrong.
[ August 08, 2008: Message edited by: Paul li ]

It looks like the time is right, but the date is wrong. The pattern should be "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z". Capital M for Month, small m for minutes.

[Paul li]

Norm, Steve,

Big help! Thanks a lot!

Paul