Here you can find the source of toDate(String strDate)
public static java.util.Date toDate(String strDate)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . j ava2 s. c o m * Atricore IDBus * * Copyright (c) 2009, Atricore Inc. * * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of * the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This software 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. */ import java.text.ParsePosition; public class Main { private static final java.text.SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"); public static java.util.Date toDate(String strDate) { try { java.util.Date date = dateFormat.parse(strDate.trim(), new ParsePosition(0)); return date; } catch (Exception e) { } return null; } }