Date format for XML

Question

I have a Date object and I want it to be in the below format before I set it into a Calendar
2009-10-09T17:00:00Z
Here's my code
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(new Date());
How do I do that?
Thanks

Answer 1

user8742475 wrote:
Here's my code
String dateString = "2011-09-08T00:00:00-0700-07:00";
SimpleDateFormat dfISO8601 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
Date dt= dfISO8601.parse(dateString);
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(dt);
customObject.setDStartDate(cal); //customObject is a WS object of Oracle CRM On Demand. I downloaded the WSDL and generated the proxy for it. It accepts a Calendar object
Some possible solutions.
1. It will also accept something else. I suggest using the SimpleDateFormat to produce a string and use that and nothing else.
2. It won't accept anything else. Then you are left with the possibility that the WSDL is wrong (somehow) So you find a way to work around it which might include not using the WSDL at all.
3. Depending on how setDStartDate() works you might be able to create a proxy Calendar class, your own implementation, specifically replacing toString() with a correct format based on SimpleDateFormat.