Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static Date dateFromDateTimeString(String dateTimeString) throws ParseException { String dateTimeStringPattern; Date date; SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter; dateTimeStringPattern = "HH:mm:ss.SSS MM-dd-yyy"; dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(dateTimeStringPattern); date = dateFormatter.parse(dateTimeString); return date; } }