Here you can find the source of parseDate(String s)
public static Date parseDate(String s) throws ParseException
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w. j a va2 s .c o m * jPOS Project [http://jpos.org] * Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Alejandro P. Revilla * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; public class Main { static SimpleDateFormat dfDate = (SimpleDateFormat) DateFormat .getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, Locale.US); public static Date parseDate(String s) throws ParseException { if (s == null) return null; return dfDate.parse(s); } }