Java tutorial
import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { try { String target = "Thu Sep 28 20:29:30 JST 2015"; DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd kk:mm:ss zzz yyyy"); Date result = df.parse(target); System.out.println(result); } catch (ParseException pe) { pe.printStackTrace(); } } }