Here you can find the source of parseDate(String dateAsString)
static public Date parseDate(String dateAsString) throws ParseException
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w. j a v a 2 s. c o m*/ * Copyright * 2009 axYus - www.axyus.com * 2009 C.Bosquet - charles.bosquet@axyus.com * * This file is part of XEMELIOS. * * XEMELIOS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * XEMELIOS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with XEMELIOS; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { static private final String DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = "dd/MM/yyyy"; static public Date parseDate(String dateAsString) throws ParseException { return parseDate(dateAsString, DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT); } static public Date parseDate(String dateAsString, String format) throws ParseException { DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format); return dateFormat.parse(dateAsString); } }