protected Date parseDate(final String dateString) {
		Date date = null;
		if (dateString != null) {
			try {
				final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(FREESOUND_DATE_FORMAT);
				dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

				date = dateFormat.parse(dateString);
			} catch (final ParseException e) {
				// TODO Log a warning
			}
		}

		return date;
	}
protected Date parseDate ( final String dateString ) { Date date = null ; if ( dateString != null ) { try { final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat ( FREESOUND_DATE_FORMAT ) ; dateFormat . setTimeZone ( TimeZone . getTimeZone ( "UTC" ) ) ; date = dateFormat . parse ( dateString ) ; } catch ( final ParseException e ) { } } return date ; }
Parse a date from a {@link String} to a {@link Date} object, assuming the freesound standard format.

@param dateString The string to convert
@return {@link Date} representation