Common Pattern Strings for java.text.SimpleDateFormat

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Summary

These are some common pattern strings for java.text.SimpleDateFormat.

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Detail

Name	Format String	Comments
RSS 2.0	EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z	Example: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:01:25 EST
Atom (ISO 8601)	yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssz	You need to strip out the "GMT": result.substring(0, 19) + result.substring(22, result.length()); See the W3C spec and Markus Kuhn's overview Example: 2008-12-05T09:01:25EST

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Online Test

Online SimpleDateFormat Test
Pattern
Time zone	(default) GMT-12:00GMT-11:00West Samoa TimeWest Samoa TimeSamoa Standard TimeNiue TimeSamoa Standard TimeSamoa Standard TimeSamoa Standard TimeHawaii-Aleutian Standard TimeHawaii-Aleutian Standard TimeGMT-10:00Hawaii Standard TimeTokelau TimeHawaii Standard TimeHawaii Standard TimeCook Is. TimeTahiti TimeHawaii Standard TimeHawaii-Aleutian Standard TimeHawaii Standard TimeMarquesas TimeAlaska Standard TimeAlaska Standard TimeAlaska Standard TimeAlaska Standard TimeAlaska Standard TimeGMT-09:00Gambier TimeAlaska Standard TimeAlaska Standard TimeAlaska Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimeGMT-08:00Pacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimePitcairn Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeGMT-07:00Mountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeEaster Is. Summer TimeGMT-06:00Central Standard TimeEaster Is. 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Summer TimeAmazon TimeAtlantic Standard TimeChile Summer TimeGMT-04:00Atlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeNewfoundland Standard TimeNewfoundland Standard TimeNewfoundland Standard TimeArgentine Summer TimeBrasilia TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine Summer TimeBrasilia TimeBrasilia TimeArgentine Summer TimeArgentine Summer TimeFrench Guiana TimeArgentine Summer TimeBrasilia TimeWestern Greenland TimeArgentine Summer TimeBrasilia TimeArgentine Summer TimePierre & Miquelon Standard TimeUruguay Summer TimeSuriname TimeBrasilia TimeArgentine Summer TimeBrasilia Summer TimeRothera TimeBrasilia Summer TimeBrasilia Summer TimeGMT-03:00Fernando de Noronha TimeSouth Georgia Standard TimeFernando de Noronha TimeGMT-02:00Eastern Greenland TimeAzores TimeCape Verde TimeGMT-01:00Greenwich Mean TimeGhana Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeWestern European TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeWestern European TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeWestern European TimeWestern European TimeWestern European TimeWestern European TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGMT+00:00GMT+00:00GMT+00:00GMT+00:00Greenwich Mean TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCoordinated Universal TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeWestern European TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGMT+00:00Greenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeWestern European TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCoordinated Universal TimeWestern European TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCentral European TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeCentral European TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeCentral European TimeWestern African Summer TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeGMT+01:00Central European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European TimeMiddle Europe TimeCentral European TimeEastern European TimeCentral African TimeCentral African TimeEastern European TimeCentral African TimeCentral African TimeSouth Africa Standard TimeCentral African TimeCentral African TimeCentral African TimeCentral African TimeSouth Africa Standard TimeSouth Africa Standard TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeIsrael Standard TimeEastern European TimeIsrael Standard TimeCentral African TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeGMT+02:00Eastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeIsrael Standard TimeEastern European TimeEastern European TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeSyowa TimeArabia Standard TimeArabia Standard TimeArabia Standard TimeArabia Standard TimeArabia Standard TimeArabia Standard TimeEastern African TimeGMT+03:00Moscow Standard TimeVolgograd TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeMoscow Standard TimeGMT+03:07GMT+03:07GMT+03:07GMT+03:07GMT+03:07GMT+03:07Iran Standard TimeIran Standard TimeAzerbaijan TimeGulf Standard TimeGulf Standard TimeGeorgia TimeArmenia TimeGMT+04:00Samara TimeSeychelles TimeMauritius TimeReunion TimeArmenia TimeAfghanistan TimeAqtau TimeAqtobe TimeTurkmenistan TimeTurkmenistan TimeTajikistan TimePakistan TimeOral TimeUzbekistan TimeUzbekistan TimeYekaterinburg TimeGMT+05:00French Southern & Antarctic Lands TimeMaldives TimePakistan TimeIndia Standard TimeIndia Standard TimeIndia Standard TimeIndia Standard TimeNepal TimeMawson TimeVostok TimeAlma-Ata TimeKirgizstan TimeBangladesh TimeBangladesh TimeNovosibirsk TimeOmsk TimeQyzylorda TimeBhutan TimeBhutan TimeBangladesh TimeGMT+06:00Indian Ocean Territory TimeMyanmar TimeCocos Islands TimeDavis TimeIndochina TimeIndochina TimeHovd TimeWest Indonesia TimeKrasnoyarsk TimeIndochina TimeWest Indonesia TimeIndochina TimeIndochina TimeGMT+07:00Christmas Island TimeIndochina TimeWestern Standard Time (Australia)Brunei TimeChina Standard TimeChina Standard TimeChina Standard TimeHong Kong TimeIrkutsk TimeChina Standard TimeMalaysia TimeMalaysia TimeChina Standard TimeChina Standard TimeCentral Indonesia TimePhilippines TimeChina Standard TimeSingapore TimeChina Standard TimeCentral Indonesia TimeUlaanbaatar TimeUlaanbaatar TimeChina Standard TimeWestern Standard Time (Australia)Western Standard Time (Australia)China Standard TimeGMT+08:00Hong Kong TimeChina Standard TimeSingapore TimeCentral Western Standard Time (Australia)Choibalsan TimeTimor-Leste TimeEast Indonesia TimeKorea Standard TimeKorea Standard TimeJapan Standard TimeYakutsk TimeGMT+09:00Japan Standard TimeJapan Standard TimePalau TimeKorea Standard TimeCentral Standard Time (Northern Territory)Central Summer Time (South Australia)Central Summer Time (South Australia/New South Wales)Central Standard Time (Northern Territory)Central Standard Time (Northern Territory)Central Summer Time (South Australia)Central Summer Time (South Australia/New South Wales)Eastern Summer Time (New South Wales)Dumont-d'Urville TimeSakhalin TimeVladivostok TimeEastern Summer Time (New South Wales)Eastern Standard Time (Queensland)Eastern Summer Time (New South Wales)Eastern Summer Time (New South Wales)Eastern Summer Time (Tasmania)Eastern Standard Time (Queensland)Eastern Summer Time (Victoria)Eastern Summer Time (New South Wales)Eastern Standard Time (Queensland)Eastern Summer Time (New South Wales)Eastern Summer Time (Tasmania)Eastern Summer Time (Victoria)GMT+10:00Chamorro Standard TimePapua New Guinea TimeChamorro Standard TimeTruk TimeTruk TimeLord Howe Summer TimeLord Howe Summer TimeMagadan TimeGMT+11:00Vanuatu TimeSolomon Is. TimeKosrae TimeNew Caledonia TimePonape TimeSolomon Is. TimeNorfolk TimeNew Zealand Daylight TimeNew Zealand Daylight TimeAnadyr TimePetropavlovsk-Kamchatski TimeGMT+12:00Marshall Islands TimeNew Zealand Daylight TimeNew Zealand Daylight TimeNew Zealand Daylight TimeFiji TimeTuvalu TimeMarshall Islands TimeMarshall Islands TimeNauru TimeGilbert Is. TimeWake TimeWallis & Futuna TimeChatham Daylight TimeChatham Daylight TimeGMT+13:00Phoenix Is. TimeTonga TimeGMT+14:00Line Is. Time
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