Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Crown Copyright (c) 2006, 2010, Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Jiva Medical. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Jiva Medical - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { /** * Returns a java.util.Date for a given xml xs:dateTime, ignoring the timezone. Needs to be * updated to include the numerous xs:dateTime year, timezone, etc. specifications. * * @param xmlDate Date string formatted as xs:dateTime * @return java.util.Date for given xmlDate * @throws ParseException */ public static Date parseXMLDate(String xmlDate) throws ParseException { SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"); return formatter.parse(xmlDate); } }