How to parse this date format

Question

Hi folks I am trying to parse this format but not able to it .

Format : Fri Oct 21 2011 08:45:00 GMT 0530 (IST)

SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz ZZZZ")

Can some one explain me what is wrong in this ?

Answer 1

The format for your zzz is incorrect; the docs show that it needs to be in this format: GMT-05:30 .

Also, since you have parentheses around the Z parameter, you need parentheses in your format string.

sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss z (Z)")
println sdf.parse("Fri Oct 21 2011 08:45:00 GMT+05:30 (IST)")
> Fri Oct 21 02:45:00 EDT 2011