Here is a working example:
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class j4496359 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
String target = "Thu Sep 28 20:29:30 JST 2000";
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd kk:mm:ss zzz yyyy");
Date result = df.parse(target);
System.out.println(result);
} catch (ParseException pe) {
pe.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Will print:
Thu Sep 28 13:29:30 CEST 2000