Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import android.util.Log; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { private static final String TAG = "DateUtils"; /** * RFC 3339 date format for UTC dates. */ public static final String RFC3339UTC = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"; /** * RFC 3339 date format for localtime dates with offset. */ public static final String RFC3339LOCAL = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"; public static final String ISO8601_SHORT = "yyyy-MM-dd"; private static ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat> RFC3339Formatter = new ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat>() { @Override protected SimpleDateFormat initialValue() { return new SimpleDateFormat(RFC3339UTC, Locale.US); } }; private static ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat> ISO8601ShortFormatter = new ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat>() { @Override protected SimpleDateFormat initialValue() { return new SimpleDateFormat(ISO8601_SHORT, Locale.US); } }; public static Date parseISO8601Date(String date) { if (date.length() > ISO8601_SHORT.length()) { return parseRFC3339Date(date); } Date result = null; if (date.length() == "YYYYMMDD".length()) { date = date.substring(0, 4) + "-" + date.substring(4, 6) + "-" + date.substring(6, 8); } SimpleDateFormat format = ISO8601ShortFormatter.get(); try { result = format.parse(date); } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return result; } public static Date parseRFC3339Date(String date) { Date result = null; SimpleDateFormat format = RFC3339Formatter.get(); boolean isLocal = date.endsWith("Z"); if (date.contains(".")) { // remove secfrac int fracIndex = date.indexOf("."); String first = date.substring(0, fracIndex); String second = null; if (isLocal) { second = date.substring(date.length() - 1); } else { if (date.contains("+")) { second = date.substring(date.indexOf("+")); } else { second = date.substring(date.indexOf("-")); } } date = first + second; } if (isLocal) { try { result = format.parse(date); } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } else { format.applyPattern(RFC3339LOCAL); // remove last colon StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(date.length() - 1); int colonIdx = date.lastIndexOf(':'); for (int x = 0; x < date.length(); x++) { if (x != colonIdx) buf.append(date.charAt(x)); } String bufStr = buf.toString(); try { result = format.parse(bufStr); } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); Log.e(TAG, "Unable to parse date"); } finally { format.applyPattern(RFC3339UTC); } } return result; } }