parse String date vs Time Zone EEST EET

Question

Have a problem with parse full date.toString();

private final DateFormat dfFull = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");
String str = "Wed Oct 30 13:05:26 EET 2013";
dfFull.parse(str);

OutPut

java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Wed Oct 30 13:05:26 EET 2013"

The same problem with EEST

Help please

Answer 1

Use "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy" instead of "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy"