Here you can find the source of parse(String date)
public static Date parse(String date) throws ParseException
//package com.java2s; /**// w ww . j a v a2s.co m * Mad-Advertisement * Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Thorsten Marx <thmarx@gmx.net> * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static final SimpleDateFormat dformat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", Locale.GERMANY); public static Date parse(String date) throws ParseException { return dformat.parse(date); } }