Here you can find the source of parsedate(String s, SimpleDateFormat fmt)
private static Date parsedate(String s, SimpleDateFormat fmt)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w ww . jav a 2 s . c om*/ * Copyright 2010 Spolecne s.r.o. (www.spoledge.com) * * 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 { private static Date parsedate(String s, SimpleDateFormat fmt) { // SimpleDateFormat is not thread safe: synchronized (fmt) { try { return fmt.parse(s); } catch (ParseException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } } }