Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static Date convertStringDateToDate(String date) { try { if (date != null && date.compareTo("null") != 0 && date.compareTo("") != 0) { if (date.length() > 11) { return (Date) new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ", Locale.getDefault()).parse(date); } else { return (Date) new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.getDefault()).parse(date); } } } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }