I have a String of a date and time like this: 2011-04-15T20:08:18Z. I don't know much about date/time formats, but I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, that's its UTC format.
My question: what's the easiest way to parse this to a more normal format, in Java?
Joda Time
public static final String SERVER_TIME_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
public static DateTime getDateTimeFromUTC(String time) {
try {
DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern(SERVER_TIME_FORMAT).withZoneUTC();
Calendar localTime = Calendar.getInstance();
DateTimeZone currentTimeZone = DateTimeZone.forTimeZone(localTime.getTimeZone());
return dateTimeFormatter.parseDateTime(time).toDateTime().withZone(currentTimeZone);
} catch (Exception e) {
return DateTime.now();
}
}