title: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "" (at offset 0)
body: <p>I've read many answers to this problem but no answer solves my problem</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to parse this string : </p>
  
  <p><code>"2013-10-07T23:21:00+01:00"</code> </p>
  
  <p>to a Date object with the simpledateformat : </p>
  
  <p><code>"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"</code> </p>
  
  <p>but it keeps producing the error: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "" (at offset 0)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Note: I am trying this on Android, I'm a beginner.</p>