title: Joda DateTime Invalid format
body: <p>I'm trying to get the current DateTime with my DateTimeFormat pattern, but i'm getting the exception...</p>
  
  <pre><code>//sets the current date
  DateTime currentDate = new DateTime();
  DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd/MM/YYYY HH:mm").withLocale(locale);
  DateTime now = dtf.parseDateTime(currentDate.toString());
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm getting this exception, I cannot understand who is giving the malformed format</p>
  
  <pre><code>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format: "2017-01-04T14:24:17.674+01:00" is malformed at "17-01-04T14:24:17.674+01:00"
  </code></pre>