Question

I want to parse below date in Java,

2012-11-29T09:15:00.002-08:00

Which date format I have to use to parse it?

Answer 1

Actually, this format is an XSD date format, and the simplest way to parse it (without any use of an external library) is to use DataTypeConverter.parseDateTime(String lexicalXSDDateTime) in the javax.xml.bind package. This will return you a java.util.Calendar object, which you can retrieve a Date using Calendar.getTime().

Alternatively, there are solutions on SO that speaks about the same formatting, such as: What’s the best way to parse an XML dateTime in Java?
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I hope this helps.

Using Date format as "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSz"

E.g.:

String string = "2012-11-29T09:15:00.002-08:00";
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssSSSz", Locale.ENGLISH).parse(string);
System.out.println(date);