Android date remove GMT from DateTime

Question

i need to remove "GMT" from a string like this one "2012-07-15 17:00 GMT". Try to use this code, but testDate returns null. Can anyone help ?

Thank you

    String date = "2012-07-15 17:00 GMT";
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
        Date testDate = null;
        try {
            testDate = sdf.parse(date);
        }catch(Exception ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }

Solved !!! Sorry guys. I have "yyyy-MMM-dd HH:mm" in my code. My mistake. Works fine when i correct the code to just MM. — filipe, Jul 15 '12 at 16:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 15 '12 at 16:27

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will this help ?

String date = "2012-07-15 17:00 GMT";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm z");
Date testDate = null;
try {
    testDate = sdf.parse(date);
}catch(Exception ex){
    ex.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println(testDate);

sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
date = sdf.format(testDate); 
System.out.println(date);

answered Jul 15 '12 at 16:27

sunil

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Thank you for the help, but was a simple error on my code. Sorry. – filipe Jul 15 '12 at 16:38
@filipe i mentioned that error and corrected in my code sample above, 7mins before your comment. ;) – sunil Jul 15 '12 at 16:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '12 at 16:28

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Since you apparently start with a String why not just cut off the last four characters, with String.substring() for example?

date = date.substring(0, date.length() - 4);

You could also confirm that " GMT" exists:

int index = date.indexOf(" GMT");
if(index > -1)
    date = date.substring(0, index);

If you are not changing the date's format there is no need to use the extra SimpleDateFormat and Date classes.

answered Jul 15 '12 at 16:28

Sam

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Thank you for the help, but was a simple error on my code. Sorry. – filipe Jul 15 '12 at 16:39

Android date remove GMT from DateTime

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