The Java SimpleDateFormat class can represent many date formats including SSSXXX. Each letter in the date can signify date, time, timezone or some other things.
SSSXXX represents milliseconds and timezone.
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SSS– 3 digit milliseconds. -
XXX– Timezone in hour:minute format with appropriate signs (+/-)
yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX // It could be 2001-07-04T12:08:56.235-07:00
In our code example SSS = 235 and XXX = -07:00
Check out the list of all the date and time patterns –
| Letter | Date or Time Component | Presentation | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
G |
Era designator | Text | AD |
y |
Year | Year |
1996; 96
|
Y |
Week year | Year |
2009; 09
|
M |
Month in year | Month |
July; Jul; 07
|
w |
Week in year | Number | 27 |
W |
Week in month | Number | 2 |
D |
Day in year | Number | 189 |
d |
Day in month | Number | 10 |
F |
Day of week in month | Number | 2 |
E |
Day name in week | Text |
Tuesday; Tue
|
u |
Day number of week (1 = Monday, …, 7 = Sunday) | Number | 1 |
a |
Am/pm marker | Text | PM |
H |
Hour in day (0-23) | Number | 0 |
k |
Hour in day (1-24) | Number | 24 |
K |
Hour in am/pm (0-11) | Number | 0 |
h |
Hour in am/pm (1-12) | Number | 12 |
m |
Minute in hour | Number | 30 |
s |
Second in minute | Number | 55 |
S |
Millisecond | Number | 978 |
z |
Time zone | General time zone |
Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00
|
Z |
Time zone | RFC 822 time zone | -0800 |
X |
Time zone | ISO 8601 time zone |
-08; -0800; -08:00
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