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static Date parseRFC3339Date(String datestring) throws java.text.ParseException, IndexOutOfBoundsException
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Software Name : RCS IMS Stack/*from w w w.jav a 2s.c om*/ * * Copyright (C) 2010 France Telecom S.A. * * 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.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { static Date parseRFC3339Date(String datestring) throws java.text.ParseException, IndexOutOfBoundsException { Date d = new Date(); //if there is no time zone, we don't need to do any special parsing. if (datestring.endsWith("Z")) { try { SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");//spec for RFC3339 d = s.parse(datestring); } catch (java.text.ParseException pe) {//try again with optional decimals SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS'Z'");//spec for RFC3339 (with fractional seconds) s.setLenient(true); d = s.parse(datestring); } return d; } //step one, split off the timezone. String firstpart = datestring.substring(0, datestring.lastIndexOf('-')); String secondpart = datestring.substring(datestring.lastIndexOf('-')); //step two, remove the colon from the timezone offset secondpart = secondpart.substring(0, secondpart.indexOf(':')) + secondpart.substring(secondpart.indexOf(':') + 1); datestring = firstpart + secondpart; SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");//spec for RFC3339 try { d = s.parse(datestring); } catch (java.text.ParseException pe) {//try again with optional decimals s = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSZ");//spec for RFC3339 (with fractional seconds) s.setLenient(true); d = s.parse(datestring); } return d; } }