I cannot see why this is failing but here is my code:

    Date parseDate(String dateStr) {
        Date d = null;
        if (dateStr != null && ! "".equals(dateStr)) {
            try {
                // try to parse the date from ISO8601, general
formats, and RFC-2822
                d = DateUtils.parseDate(dateStr, new String[] {

DateFormatUtils.ISO_DATETIME_TIME_ZONE_FORMAT.getPattern()
                        });
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                // nothing to do
                log.info("Failed to parse: " + dateStr + ":" + e, e);
                d = null;
            }
        }
        return d;
    }

The string I am sending in to that method was generated like this:
String isoDateStr = DateFormatUtils.ISO_DATETIME_TIME_ZONE_FORMAT.format(date);

The exception is:
2009-09-03 13:29:37,644 [399355530@qtp3-2] INFO
search.SOLRSearchService  - Failed to parse:
2009-09-03T13:29:30+01:00:java.text.ParseException: Unable to parse
the date: 2009-09-03T13:29:30+01:00
java.text.ParseException: Unable to parse the date: 2009-09-03T13:29:30+01:00
at org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateUtils.parseDate(DateUtils.java:285)
at org.steeple.impl.search.SOLRSearchService.parseDate(SOLRSearchService.java:412)
at org.steeple.impl.search.SOLRSearchService.execute(SOLRSearchService.java:311)
....

I am open to absolutely any suggestion as I am completely baffled.
-AZ


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