Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * <p/> * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * <p/> * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static Date iso08601ParseDate(String input) throws java.text.ParseException { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssz", Locale.getDefault()); if (input.endsWith("Z")) { input = input.substring(0, input.length() - 1) + "GMT-00:00"; } else { int inset = 6; String start = input.substring(0, input.length() - inset); String end = input.substring(input.length() - inset, input.length()); input = start + "GMT" + end; } return sdf.parse(input); } }