not-working

import java.util.Date
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
var Timer timer = null

rule "set alarm"
  when Item alarmtime received update
then

var sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-M-d HH:mm")

if(alarmtime.state != null) {
  var DateTime mydate = sdf.parse(alarmtime.state.toString)
  logInfo("test", mydate.toString)
  if(timer == null) {
    timer = createTimer(mydate) [|
      EGSZDimmerTuere_1_Level.sendCommand(ON)
    ]
  }
}
end

# error:
2017-02-09 08:47:30.714 [ERROR] [.script.engine.ScriptExecutionThread] - Rule 'set alarm': An error occured during the script execution: Could not invoke method: org.joda.time.base.AbstractDateTime.toString() on instance: Fri Feb 10 08:27:00 CET 2017

workaround

import java.util.Date
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
var Timer timer = null

var actual_format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-M-d HH:mm") // 2017-1-2 7:30
var iso = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ")   // for intermediary conversion

rule "set alarm"
  when Item alarmtime received update
then

if(alarmtime.state != null) {
  var DateTime mydate = parse(iso.format(actual_format.parse(alarmtime.state.toString)))
  logInfo("test", mydate.toString)
  if(timer == null) {
    timer = createTimer(mydate) [|
      EGSZDimmerTuere_1_Level.sendCommand(ON)
    ]
  }
}
end