Parse RSS pubDate to Date object in java

Question

How can I parse a pubDate from a RSS feed to a Date object in java.

The format in the RSS feed: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:01:00 GMT

What I have at the moment:

Answer 1

If you need to have an RFC822 compliant date, try this :

DateFormat dateFormatterRssPubDate = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", Locale.ENGLISH);