Here you can find the source of getFormattedDate(String timestamp)
public static Date getFormattedDate(String timestamp) throws ParseException
//package com.java2s; /**//ww w . j av a 2 s .co m * Created as part of the StratusLab project (http://stratuslab.eu), * co-funded by the European Commission under the Grant Agreement * INSFO-RI-261552. * * Copyright (c) 2011 * * 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.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { private static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"; public static Date getFormattedDate(String timestamp) throws ParseException { return getDateFormat().parse(timestamp); } public static String getFormattedDate(Date date) { return getDateFormat().format(date); } private static DateFormat getDateFormat() { SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT); format.setLenient(false); format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); return format; } }