How to convert UTC Date String and remove the T and Z in Java?

Am using Java 1.7.

Trying to convert:

2018-05-23T23:18:31.000Z 

into

2018-05-23 23:18:31

DateUtils class:

public class DateUtils {

    public static String convertToNewFormat(String dateStr) throws ParseException {
        TimeZone utc = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
        sdf.setTimeZone(utc);
        Date convertedDate = sdf.parse(dateStr);
        return convertedDate.toString();
    }
}

When trying to use it:

String convertedDate = DateUtils.convertToNewFormat("2018-05-23T23:18:31.000Z");
System.out.println(convertedDate);

Get the following exception:

Exception in thread "main" java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2018-05-23T23:22:16.000Z"
   at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:366)
   at com.myapp.utils.DateUtils.convertToNewFormat(DateUtils.java:7)

What am I possibly doing wrong?

Is there an easier way to do is (e.g. Apache Commons lib)?

Try this. You have to use one pattern for parsing and another for formatting.

public static String convertToNewFormat(String dateStr) throws ParseException {
    TimeZone utc = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
    SimpleDateFormat sourceFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");
    SimpleDateFormat destFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
    sourceFormat.setTimeZone(utc);
    Date convertedDate = sourceFormat.parse(dateStr);
    return destFormat.format(convertedDate);
}