String to date conversion issue...

[nikhil.navadiya]

Hi,
I am trying to convert the string date to actual date using SimpleDateFormat class. But it seems the SimpleDateFormat class is returning the invalid value for the date object. It is increasing the minute value by 1. I am not sure if it's an actual issue with SimpleDateFormat class or my way of conversion is wrong. Any Help is really appreciated.

The code :

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.ms'Z'");
Date date = dateFormat.parse("2011-12-20T15:08:14.917Z");

System.out.println("Date: " + date);

It is displaying "Tue Dec 20 15:09:17 IST 2011" instead of "Tue Dec 20 15:08:14 IST 2011".

Thanks in advance.

[JosAH]

Does that happen consistently or did it only happen once?

kind regards,

Jos

[nikhil.navadiya]

Hi Jos,
It's happening every time. Any idea why ?

Thanks.

[pbrockway2]

It parses the .ms at the end as 9:17

[nikhil.navadiya]

any other way or method which gives me proper date ?

[pbrockway2]

Don't put the .ms there. Or, if you want milliseconds, consult the SimpleDateFormat API docs and see what the code for them is.