OpenEdge 10.1C returns datetimetz as a non standard String in JDBC

I'm trying to access a DB field which represents a datetimetz ABL type. I tried ResultSet.getTimestamp(int) which should be correct , though the driver complains with [DataDirect][OpenEdge JDBC Driver]Value can not be converted to requested type..

I've tried all date and time getters on ResultSet which none work. A call to ResultSet.getObject(int) returns a String representing the value, however this value is a non-standard format which actually has a quirk making it difficult to parse with a SimpleDateFormat, this format comes out looking like "2013-03-08 21:55:10:903 + 11:00".

From this quirky date it can't be parsed cleanly with a format string due to the space after the +/- in the time-zone qualifier and I've had to resort to the following ugly method:

String r = rs.getString(col);
if (r == null) {
return null;
}
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss:SSSXXX",
Locale.getDefault());
try {
return df.parse(r.substring(0, 23)
+ r.substring(24, 25)
+ r.substring(26));
} catch (ParseException ex) {
return null;
}


I am using OpenEdge 10.1.C04

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