Parse Date, SimpleXML, Android

Question

i use simple-xml in Android, and I get a date in the follow format "2013-05-13+02:00" , I try to get the date in String format, after that i can't parse this date in this format!

private Date modifyDateLayout(String inputDate){ 
    SimpleDateFormat  format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");  
    try {  
        Date date = format.parse(inputDate);  
        Log.i("date: ", date.toString());
        return date;
    } catch (ParseException e) {  
        Log.i("error ParseException : ", e.toString());
        return null;
    }
}

i get this error :

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2013-05-13+02:00"

Answer 1

Try doing this:

private Date modifyDateLayout(String inputDate){ 
    SimpleDateFormat  format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd+HH:mm");  
    try {  
        Date date = format.parse(inputDate);  
        Log.i("date: ", date.toString());
        return date;
    } catch (ParseException e) {  
        Log.i("error ParseException : ", e.toString());
        return null;
    }
}