Convert from String to Date

Hello,
I have the following string: "Thu Apr 22 00:00:00 IDT 2004"
and I need to convert it to Date object.
I tried to use Date.parse() and Date.valueOf(),
but then I get the IllegalArgumentException.
How can I do this?
Thanks.

split ur string. get year,month,day in int
time in long
now it will work for u
     Date d = new Date(int year,int mon,int date);//Deprecated
     d.setTime(long time); //Sets this Date object to represent a point in time that is time milliseconds after January 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT.
     System.out.println(d);
Ignore that answer, please and DynaFest read the API!

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