question: public static Timestamp stringToTimeStamp ( String dateTimeString , String dateTimeFormat , TimeZone tz , Locale locale ) throws ParseException { DateFormat dateFormat = toDateTimeFormat ( dateTimeFormat , tz , locale ) ; Date parsedDate = dateFormat . parse ( dateTimeString ) ; return new Timestamp ( parsedDate . getTime ( ) ) ; }
target:  Localized String to Timestamp conversion. To be used in tandem with timeStampToString().