Java Date parse String like "22:14:02 -0500" with time zone offset
import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { static public void main(String[] args) { DateFormat formatter = null;//from ww w . j av a 2 s . c om Date date = null; try { formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss Z"); date = (Date) formatter.parse("22:14:02 -0500"); System.out.println(date); } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }