Here you can find the source of parseDate(String s)
public static java.util.Date parseDate(String s)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************** Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Steven E. Hugg./* ww w . j av a2 s .c o m*/ This file is part of Exoflight. Exoflight is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Exoflight 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 General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Exoflight. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *********************************************************************/ import java.text.*; public class Main { static final DateFormat DATE_FMT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy MMM dd HH:mm:ss z"); static final DateFormat DATE_FMT2 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss z"); public static java.util.Date parseDate(String s) { try { return DATE_FMT2.parse(s); } catch (Exception e) { try { return DATE_FMT.parse(s); } catch (Exception e2) { return null; } } } }