title: Parsing date with TimeZone (java/android)
body: <p>I'm trying to parse string representation of date. It looks like 20120306 14:21:35 MSK +0400. I'm using a SimpleDateFormat to parse it into a Date and a pattern string according to <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html" rel="nofollow">http://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html</a></p>
  
  <pre><code>DATE_PATTERN = "yyyyMMdd kk:mm:ss z Z";
  SimpleDateFormat dateFormat=new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_PATTERN);
  Date date=dateFormat.parse(dateString);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've try different z/Z combinations but have no result, except ParseException of course :)</p>
  
  <p>Probably i'm doing something wrong, but what?</p>
  
  <p>I'll be very glad for any help! Thanks in advance!</p>