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: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:15:50 EDT
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: 2009-07-04T09:15:50EDT

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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 Daylight TimeHawaii-Aleutian Daylight TimeGMT-10:00Hawaii Standard TimeTokelau TimeHawaii Standard TimeHawaii Standard TimeCook Is. TimeTahiti TimeHawaii Standard TimeHawaii-Aleutian Daylight TimeHawaii Standard TimeMarquesas TimeAlaska Daylight TimeAlaska Daylight TimeAlaska Daylight TimeAlaska Daylight TimeAlaska Daylight TimeGMT-09:00Gambier TimeAlaska Standard TimeAlaska Daylight TimeAlaska Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimeGMT-08:00Pacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimePitcairn Standard TimePacific Standard TimePacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimePacific Daylight TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Daylight TimeGMT-07:00Mountain Standard TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Daylight TimeMountain Standard TimeMountain Daylight TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Standard TimeEaster Is. TimeGMT-06:00Central Daylight TimeEaster Is. TimeGalapagos TimeCentral Standard TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeCentral Daylight TimeEastern Standard TimeColombia TimeEastern Standard TimeEastern Standard TimeEastern Daylight TimeAcre TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEcuador TimeCuba Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Standard TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimePeru TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Standard TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Standard TimeAcre TimeEastern Standard TimeAcre TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeAcre TimeEastern Daylight TimeCuba Daylight TimeEastern Standard TimeEastern Daylight TimeGMT-05:00Eastern Daylight TimeEastern Standard TimeEastern Standard TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeEastern Daylight TimeVenezuela TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeParaguay TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAmazon TimeAmazon TimeAmazon TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Daylight TimeAtlantic Daylight TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeGuyana TimeAtlantic Daylight TimeBolivia TimeAmazon TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Daylight TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAmazon TimeAtlantic Standard TimeChile TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Daylight TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeChile TimeAtlantic Daylight TimeFalkland Is. TimeAmazon TimeAtlantic Daylight TimeChile TimeGMT-04:00Atlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Standard TimeAtlantic Daylight TimeNewfoundland Daylight TimeNewfoundland Daylight TimeNewfoundland Daylight TimeArgentine TimeBrasilia TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeBrasilia TimeBrasilia TimeArgentine TimeArgentine TimeFrench Guiana TimeArgentine TimeBrasilia TimeWestern Greenland Summer TimeArgentine TimeBrasilia TimeArgentine TimePierre & Miquelon Daylight TimeUruguay TimeSuriname TimeBrasilia TimeArgentine TimeBrasilia TimeRothera TimeBrasilia TimeBrasilia TimeGMT-03:00Fernando de Noronha TimeSouth Georgia Standard TimeFernando de Noronha TimeGMT-02:00Eastern Greenland Summer TimeAzores Summer 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 Summer TimeWestern European Summer TimeWestern European Summer TimeWestern European Summer TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeIrish Summer TimeGMT+00:00GMT+00:00GMT+00:00GMT+00:00Greenwich Mean TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCoordinated Universal TimeBritish Summer TimeIrish Summer TimeBritish Summer TimeBritish Summer TimeBritish Summer TimeWestern European Summer TimeBritish Summer TimeBritish Summer TimeBritish Summer TimeGreenwich Mean TimeGMT+00:00Greenwich Mean TimeGreenwich Mean TimeWestern European Summer TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCoordinated Universal TimeWestern European Summer TimeCoordinated Universal TimeCentral European TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeCentral European Summer TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeWestern African TimeCentral European Summer TimeWestern African TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeGMT+01:00Central European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeMiddle Europe Summer TimeCentral European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeCentral African TimeCentral African TimeEastern European Summer 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 Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeIsrael Daylight TimeEastern European Summer TimeIsrael Daylight TimeCentral African TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeGMT+02:00Eastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeEastern European Summer TimeIsrael Daylight TimeEastern European TimeEastern European Summer 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 Daylight TimeVolgograd Summer TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeEastern African TimeMoscow Daylight TimeGMT+03:07GMT+03:07GMT+03:07GMT+03:07GMT+03:07GMT+03:07Iran Daylight TimeIran Daylight TimeAzerbaijan Summer TimeGulf Standard TimeGulf Standard TimeGeorgia TimeArmenia Summer TimeGMT+04:00Samara Summer TimeSeychelles TimeMauritius TimeReunion TimeArmenia Summer TimeAfghanistan TimeAqtau TimeAqtobe TimeTurkmenistan TimeTurkmenistan TimeTajikistan TimePakistan TimeOral TimeUzbekistan TimeUzbekistan TimeYekaterinburg Summer 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 Summer TimeOmsk Summer TimeQyzylorda TimeBhutan TimeBhutan TimeBangladesh TimeGMT+06:00Indian Ocean Territory TimeMyanmar TimeCocos Islands TimeDavis TimeIndochina TimeIndochina TimeHovd TimeWest Indonesia TimeKrasnoyarsk Summer TimeIndochina TimeWest Indonesia TimeIndochina TimeIndochina TimeGMT+07:00Christmas Island TimeIndochina TimeWestern Standard Time (Australia)Brunei TimeChoibalsan TimeChina Standard TimeChina Standard TimeChina Standard TimeHong Kong TimeIrkutsk Summer 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)Timor-Leste TimeEast Indonesia TimeKorea Standard TimeKorea Standard TimeJapan Standard TimeYakutsk Summer TimeGMT+09:00Japan Standard TimeJapan Standard TimePalau TimeKorea Standard TimeCentral Standard Time (Northern Territory)Central Standard Time (South Australia)Central Standard Time (South Australia/New South Wales)Central Standard Time (Northern Territory)Central Standard Time (Northern Territory)Central Standard Time (South Australia)Central Standard Time (South Australia/New South Wales)Eastern Standard Time (New South Wales)Dumont-d'Urville TimeSakhalin Summer TimeVladivostok Summer TimeEastern Standard Time (New South Wales)Eastern Standard Time (Queensland)Eastern Standard Time (New South Wales)Eastern Standard Time (New South Wales)Eastern Standard Time (Tasmania)Eastern Standard Time (Queensland)Eastern Standard Time (Victoria)Eastern Standard Time (New South Wales)Eastern Standard Time (Queensland)Eastern Standard Time (New South Wales)Eastern Standard Time (Tasmania)Eastern Standard Time (Victoria)GMT+10:00Chamorro Standard TimePapua New Guinea TimeChamorro Standard TimeTruk TimeTruk TimeLord Howe Standard TimeLord Howe Standard TimeMagadan Summer TimeGMT+11:00Vanuatu TimeSolomon Is. TimeKosrae TimeNew Caledonia TimePonape TimeSolomon Is. TimeNorfolk TimeNew Zealand Standard TimeNew Zealand Standard TimeAnadyr Summer TimePetropavlovsk-Kamchatski Summer TimeGMT+12:00Marshall Islands TimeNew Zealand Standard TimeNew Zealand Standard TimeNew Zealand Standard TimeFiji TimeTuvalu TimeMarshall Islands TimeMarshall Islands TimeNauru TimeGilbert Is. TimeWake TimeWallis & Futuna TimeChatham Standard TimeChatham Standard TimeGMT+13:00Phoenix Is. TimeTonga TimeGMT+14:00Line Is. Time
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