Java tutorial
import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { private static final String[] formats = { "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss", "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS", "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ssZ", "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss", "yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyyMMdd", }; public static void main(String[] args) { String yyyyMMdd = "20110917"; parse(yyyyMMdd); } public static void parse(String d) { if (d != null) { for (String parse : formats) { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(parse); try { Date date = sdf.parse(d); System.out.println("Printing the value of " + parse); System.out.println(date); } catch (ParseException e) { } } } } }