Here you can find the source of parseDate(String _dateString)
@Deprecated public static Date parseDate(String _dateString)
//package com.java2s; /*//w w w . j a v a2 s . c o m * Copyright 2016 Tino Siegmund, Michael Wodniok * * 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; public class Main { public static final String FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX"; @Deprecated public static Date parseDate(String _dateString) { SimpleDateFormat parser = new SimpleDateFormat(FORMAT); try { return parser.parse(_dateString); } catch (ParseException _e) { return null; } } }