Here you can find the source of jsonToDate(String jsonString)
public static Long jsonToDate(String jsonString)
//package com.java2s; /**//w w w. j a v a2 s. c o m * Copyright (C) 2009 Anders Aagaard <aagaande@gmail.com> * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { public static Long jsonToDate(String jsonString) { Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); int indexOfPlus = jsonString.indexOf("+"); int startOfDate = 5; if (jsonString.startsWith("/")) { // LEGACY : parse /Date( strings : Some date strings are /Date(253402297140000+0100)/, new ones are Date(253402297140000+0100) startOfDate = 6; calendar.setTimeInMillis(Long.parseLong(jsonString.substring( startOfDate, indexOfPlus > 0 ? indexOfPlus : jsonString.length() - 2))); } else { calendar.setTimeInMillis(Long.parseLong(jsonString.substring( startOfDate, indexOfPlus > 0 ? indexOfPlus : jsonString.length() - 1))); } if (indexOfPlus > -1) { calendar.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT-" + jsonString.substring(indexOfPlus, indexOfPlus + 3) + ":00")); } return calendar.getTimeInMillis(); } }