Here you can find the source of parseISO8601String(String dateString)
public static Date parseISO8601String(String dateString) throws ParseException
//package com.java2s; /**//from w w w . j a v a 2s. c o m * * Initial version of this code (c) 2009-2011 Media Tuners LLC with a full license to Pioneer Corporation. * * Pioneer Corporation licenses this file to you 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 * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * 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.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { private static SimpleDateFormat ISO8601 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"); public static Date parseISO8601String(String dateString) throws ParseException { if (dateString == null) return (null); if (!dateString.endsWith("Z")) { int lastColon = dateString.lastIndexOf(":"); dateString = dateString.substring(0, lastColon) + dateString.substring(lastColon + 1); } return (ISO8601.parse(dateString)); } }