Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { /** * Parse the date from server to String for local database * * @param date_received date received from server * @return Date for storing in local database */ public static Date parseDateFromString(String date_received) { //2014-06-28 14:56:59 SimpleDateFormat dateFormat_received = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd' 'HH:mm:ss", Locale.getDefault()); Date date = null; try { date = dateFormat_received.parse(date_received); } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return date; } }