Android Wordpress date format

//WP "2017-11-27T15:29:37"    public static String getFormattedWPDate(String modified) {
        try {
            String wp_format = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss";
            String new_format = "MM/dd/yyyy HH:MM:SS a";

            final SimpleDateFormat newFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
                    wp_format, Locale.getDefault()
            );

            Date date = newFormat.parse(modified);
//            new Date(modified);//            newFormat.setTimeZone(UTC);//            System.out.println("newFormat.format(Dates.BEGINNING_OF_TIME) = " + newFormat.format(BEGINNING_OF_TIME));//            System.out.println("newFormat.format(Dates.END_OF_TIME) = " + newFormat.format(END_OF_TIME));//            //System.out.println("newFormat.format(new Date()) = " + newFormat.format(new Date()));////            System.out.println("newFormat.parse(\"2015-04-28T14:23:38.521Z\") = " + newFormat.parse("2015-04-28T14:23:38.521Z"));//            System.out.println("newFormat.parse(\"0001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z\") = " + newFormat.parse("0001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"));//            System.out.println("newFormat.parse(\"292278994-08-17T07:12:55.807Z\") = " + newFormat.parse("292278994-08-17T07:12:55.807Z"));

            SimpleDateFormat DesiredFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(new_format, Locale.getDefault());
            // 'a' for AM/PM            return DesiredFormat.format(date.getTime());


            //return newFormat.format(date);        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return "";
        }
    }