Common Pattern Strings for java.text.SimpleDateFormat

Summary

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

Name	Format String	Comments
RSS 2.0	EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z	Example: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 01:52:51 GMT
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: 2023-02-09T01:52:51GMT

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