Some complex date formats

Java provides a wide range of date options that can be used to define date formats, but sometimes the options to choose for a particular date time string aren't immediately obvious.

Some date formats that may prove useful are as follows:

  • ISO 8601 with offset standard: This format contains date, time, and the offset from UTC, as well as the T character that designates the start of the time, for example, 2007-04-05T12:30:22-02:00.

    The pattern for this date and time format is yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX.

  • Mtime pattern: The tFileProperties component returns a field named mtime_string that is a string representation of a date and time format, for example, Wed Mar 13 23:53:07 GMT 2013.

    The pattern for this date and time format is ...

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