Resolution:
Description:

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The DateTime.parseString function does not support UTC format (ISO 8601) which needs to be parsed:

code fragment:
    String GMTTime = "2008-09-18T15:20:30.45Z";
    DateTime dt = DateTime.parseString(GMTTime, "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSZ");

The code above produces the following exception:

2008 Sep 17 09:12:52:798 GMT -5 ICS-06255A.upcorp.ad.uprr.com Error [main] - [time] Got runtime exception while invoking Action be.gen.time.BE$$Actions$Startup@33788d Objects <>
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal pattern character 'T'


Environment:

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  o TIBCO BusinessEvents 2.2 and above
  o All OS

Cause :
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Date and time formats are specified by /date and time pattern/ strings. Within date and time pattern strings, unquoted letters from
|'A'| to |'Z'| and from |'a'| to |'z'| are interpreted as pattern letters representing the components of a date or time string. Text can be quoted using single quotes (|'|) to avoid interpretation. All other characters are not interpreted; they're simply copied into the output string during formatting or matched against the input string during parsing.

Symptoms:

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2008 Sep 17 09:12:52:798 GMT -5 ICS-06255A.upcorp.ad.uprr.com Error [main] - [time] Got runtime exception while invoking Action be.gen.time.BE$$Actions$Startup@33788d Objects <>
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal pattern character 'T'


Reference
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http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html.

Resolution:
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Please  modify your code as follows to correct the problem.

String GMTTime = "2008-09-18T15:20:30.45Z";
    DateTime dt = DateTime.parseString(GMTTime, "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.ss'Z'");

In TIBCO BusinessEvents (BE)making the DateTime.parseString function support UTC format.