How parse this 2009-05-12T13:40:00Z to java date [duplicate]

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what's the best way to parse this string 2009-05-12T13:40:00Z to a valid java date? I'm not sure for what "T" and "Z" stands for - i guess Z means zulu?

Thanks, Joo

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The format string you have is a UTC date/time in the ISO 8601 format. The format is simply the date, a T separator and the UTC time (or zulu time).

java.text.SimpleDateFormatter should perform all the parsing you need.

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Note that the patter has some special handling for internal static values like 'T':

See the answer here Illegal pattern character 'T' when parsing a date string to java.util.Date