Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import android.annotation.SuppressLint; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { @SuppressLint("SimpleDateFormat") public static Date getDateFromString(String dateString) throws ParseException { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'hh:mm:ss.S'Z'"); return sdf.parse(dateString); } @SuppressLint("SimpleDateFormat") public static Date getDateFromString(String format, String dateString) throws ParseException { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format); return sdf.parse(dateString); } }