Java tutorial
import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { try { String str_date = "Sat Sep 8 10:13:09 GMT+0530 2012"; DateFormat formatter; Date date; formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss 'GMT'z yyyy"); date = (Date) formatter.parse(str_date); System.out.println("Today is " + date); } catch (ParseException e) { System.out.println("Exception :" + e); } } }