Here you can find the source of parseTimestamp(String timestamp, String dateFormat, Locale locale)
public static Calendar parseTimestamp(String timestamp, String dateFormat, Locale locale) throws ParseException
//package com.java2s; /**/*from ww w. j a v a 2 s . com*/ * CanReg5 - a tool to input, store, check and analyse cancer registry data. * Copyright (C) 2008-2015 International Agency for Research on Cancer * * 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * * @author Morten Johannes Ervik, CSU/IARC, ervikm@iarc.fr */ import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static Calendar parseTimestamp(String timestamp, String dateFormat, Locale locale) throws ParseException { /* ** we specify Locale.US since months are in english */ if (locale == null) { locale = Locale.getDefault(); } SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat, locale); Date d = sdf.parse(timestamp); Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); cal.setTime(d); return cal; } }