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DateFormat for Apache Common Log Format date?

 
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Does anyone know of a DateFormat implementation designed to work with the date format Apache uses in its logs? The format looks like

The SimpleDateFormat with a format string like "dd/MMM/yyyy:hh:mm:ss z" sort of works, but the time zone offset doesn't parse right.
 
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try Z instead of z.i guess it will work
the string will be "dd/MMM/yyyy:hh:mm:ss Z"
[ July 09, 2003: Message edited by: Kumar BT ]
 
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can you post an example? all that gives me is a ParseException.
 
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Its easy to forget, but the locale must match. This should work:

 
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Welcome to the Ranch, Michael!

It's quite an old thread that you resurrected here but thanks for giving it some closure. I actually learned something from your reply
 
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