Java String to Date to Different String format

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I am using an angularjs date time picker that when used directly is in the format of:

2016-01-18T05:00:00:000Z

this angularjs format works for me, but later I store it off and when retrieved it is in the format of:

Mon Jan 18 2016 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Which does not work for me. So I need to take the non-working String representation of the date (second one), and convert it into my working representation (first one). I would imagine I have to convert it like String > Date > Diff String, but looking at SimpleDateFormat I don't even see where the T comes from in 2016-01-18T05:00:00:000Z

It's just a literal. Text can be quoted using single quotes (') to avoid interpretation. "''" represents a single quote. — Sotirios Delimanolis
– Sotirios Delimanolis, Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 21:02
@SotiriosDelimanolis what am I trying to avoid interpretation of? — Jordan.J.D
– Jordan.J.D, Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 21:05
The -T part of the target format. It'll be added literally during format. — Sotirios Delimanolis
– Sotirios Delimanolis, Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 21:07

Jordan.J.D · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-28 21:27:09Z

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Your first format is ISO 8601 Time zone. Try use the pattern yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ.

edited Apr 28, 2016 at 21:27

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answered Apr 28, 2016 at 21:14

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Jordan.J.D Over a year ago

does EEE MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss zZ '('zzzz')' match the second format correctly (Mon Jan 18 2016 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time))?

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