Question

I need to parse DateTime string coming from AppEngine in Java (Android). The string looks like this: 2011-07-26 17:21:00+01:00. Is it some standard format? Is there simpler way than using custom SimpleDateFormat?

Answer 1

SimpleDateFormat is pretty simple except that for the fact that your date string is a bit off because of the last : in there. Just replace the : and use the following pattern:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:ss:mmZ");
String dateStr = "2011-07-26 17:21:00+0100";
System.out.println(sdf.parse(dateStr));