title: Initializing Date Object in java from a given string representation
body: <p>I am trying to import a given string representing a Date in the format:  </p>
  
  <pre><code>2007-03-12T00:00:00.000+01:00 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now to create a new Date Object i use Joda Library using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>DateTime date = new DateTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, i want to make sure two things here:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>How to handle GTM +1 in this date time context?</li>
  <li>Is there anyway,
     that i don't have to parse this string, and the Date Object can be
     initialized directly with this string?</li>
  </ul>