First, thanks to everyone for a great date/time library. I've been
struggling with the JDK Calendar for a bit now, and by changing to
joda-time and altering my datat types, I've been able to streamline
large sections of my current application.
I do have a problem with a DateTimeFormatter.
The string I receive from a service is formatted as "3 PM CST 18 MAR
06". Time zones are relevant, and I do have an offset available as
"-6". However, according to the documentation I think I should be
able to parse the supplied string as
DateTimeFormat.forPattern("hh aa zzz dd MMM yy")
Inevitibly, I get a :
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format: "3 PM CST 18 MAR
06" is malformed at "CST 18 MAR 06"
Using a SimpleDateFormat with the same format strings, the date parses
properly (or at least appears to).
Having read a few dozen list postings, I can see that there is an
ongoing question about the rather complex nature of timezones.
Clearly, the zzz formatting is not working under this circumstance,
but is there a solution to this issue that exists and I simply haven't
been able to locate it yet? It seems that this should parse, but if I
have to use SimpleDateFormat I will.
Thanks again for a great product!
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