URGENT: String --> Calendar 1

[webIntern]

Is there *any* possible way to convert this string:
2003-12-11T14:29:56.2729751-05:00

to a Calendar object???

I'm getting the string from a SOAP response. The element is "Expires" and the string above is the value. I need to take that string and save it as a type java.util.Calendar property...

*help!?*

 

[idarke]

Here's a simple program that does a conversion:

import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Class1 
{
   public Class1()
   {
      String raw = "2003-12-11T14:29:56.2729751-05:00";
      SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");

      // Remove the T from the string
      raw = raw.replace('T',' ');
      System.out.println(&quot;raw = <&quot; + raw + &quot;>&quot;);

      // Truncate the milliseconds at 3 digits
      int index = raw.lastIndexOf(&quot;.&quot;);
      if (index != -1)
      {
         raw = raw.substring(0,index+4);
      }
      System.out.println(&quot;raw = <&quot; + raw + &quot;>&quot;);

      Date d = sdf.parse(raw, new ParsePosition(0));
      System.out.println(&quot;d = <&quot; + d + &quot;>&quot;);  

      GregorianCalendar c = new GregorianCalendar();
      c.setTime(d);
   
   }

   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      Class1 class1 = new Class1();
   }
}

I'm assuming the value after the dot is milliseconds, which I truncated to three digits (otherwise the sdf object starts changing the value of seconds). I don't know what the -5:00 is supposed to be... nanoseconds?

 

[webIntern]

Thank you so much for the help!

One question however...Can you tell me why it is necessary to take out the "T"? Does it hold any special significance in the timestamp? I'm concerned because that string is sent via SOAP and it's "original form" is that of type of calendar/date object in .NET. It is a SOAP response for a .NET Service call. i.e...maybe that "T" is supposed to be there?

I hope that makes sense - I'm writing a Java client to access .NET web services...and I'm not exactly a Java expert to begin with...

 

[idarke]

I'm just guessing that the T indicates where the date ends and the time begins. If you haven't seen any other letters there, then I think it's safe to ignore it. You might want to google SOAP date format and investigate further...

 

[webIntern]

idarke:

Could I convert the Date instance directly to an instance of Calendar as opposed to GregorianCalendar?

 

[idarke]

Calendar is abstract. I think GregorianCalendar is the only implementation of it. Any method that requires a Calendar object as a parameter will accept GregorianCalendar.