Here you can find the source of parseRFC2822Date(String encoded, Date fallback)
public static Date parseRFC2822Date(String encoded, Date fallback)
//package com.java2s; /*//w w w . j av a 2s .co m * Copyright (C) 2012 Krawler Information Systems Pvt Ltd * All rights reserved. * * This program 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 2 * 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ import java.text.ParseException; import java.util.Date; import javax.mail.internet.MailDateFormat; public class Main { public static Date parseRFC2822Date(String encoded, Date fallback) { if (encoded == null) return fallback; try { return new MailDateFormat().parse(encoded); } catch (ParseException e) { return fallback; } } }