Here you can find the source of parseCoTDate(String dateString)
public static Date parseCoTDate(String dateString) throws Exception
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww . j ava2s . co m * #%L * CoTUtilities.java - Esri :: AGES :: Solutions :: Adapter :: CoT - Esri - 2013 * org.codehaus.mojo-license-maven-plugin-1.5 * $Id: update-file-header-config.apt.vm 17764 2012-12-12 10:22:04Z tchemit $ * $HeadURL: https://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/tags/license-maven-plugin-1.5/src/site/apt/examples/update-file-header-config.apt.vm $ * %% * Copyright (C) 2013 - 2014 Esri * %% * 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. * #L% */ import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { public static Date parseCoTDate(String dateString) throws Exception { if (!dateString.isEmpty()) { DateFormat formatter1 = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SS'Z'"); formatter1.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Zulu")); DateFormat formatter2 = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"); formatter2.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Zulu")); Date date = null; try { if (date == null) date = (Date) formatter1.parse(dateString); } catch (ParseException ex) { } try { if (date == null) date = (Date) formatter2.parse(dateString); } catch (ParseException ex) { } return date; } return null; } }