Here you can find the source of parseDate(String time)
public static long parseDate(String time) throws ParseException
//package com.java2s; /**/*from w ww . j a v a 2 s . co m*/ * Copyright 2012 John W. Krupansky d/b/a Base Technology * * 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; public class Main { public static SimpleDateFormat rfcFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"); public static SimpleDateFormat isoFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"); public static long parseDate(String time) throws ParseException { try { return rfcFormat.parse(time).getTime(); } catch (ParseException e) { return isoFormat.parse(time).getTime(); } } }