Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Sigimera Crises Information Platform Android Client * Copyright (C) 2012 by Sigimera * All Rights Reserved * * 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 2 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, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 * Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static Date getDate(String crisisDate) { try { SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm"); Date date = (Date) formatter.parse(crisisDate); Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); cal.setTime(date); return cal.getTime(); } catch (ParseException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }