Java String to Date, ParseException

Question

I have a string named DateCompareOld, it has the value \"Fri Aug 12 16:08:41 EDT 2011\". I want to convert this to a date object.

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Answer 1

DateFormat dateType =  new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy");
dateType.setLenient(false);
Date convertDate = dateType.parse(DateCompareOld);