Here you can find the source of parseW3CDate(String dateString)
public static Date parseW3CDate(String dateString) throws ParseException
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w. ja v a 2 s . c o m*/ * Copyright 2013 Cloud4SOA, www.cloud4soa.eu * * 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 * * 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; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static Date parseW3CDate(String dateString) throws ParseException { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ", Locale.US); int tzMinuteIndex = dateString.length() - 3; if (dateString.charAt(tzMinuteIndex) == ':') //strip ':' from timezone since sdf can't handle it { dateString = dateString.substring(0, tzMinuteIndex) + dateString.substring(tzMinuteIndex + 1); } Date d = sdf.parse(dateString); return d; } }