title: How to convert date/time strings into Java Calendar objects?
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43802/how-to-convert-a-date-string-to-a-date-or-calendar-object">How to convert a date String to a Date or Calendar object?</a>  </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  
  
  <p>I'm in a pinch here...</p>
  
  <p>I have a series of date/time strings formatted like this:"9-29-2011 9:05 PM PDT"
  and I need to convert this string into a java Calendar object.
  Once I have this Calendar object it must represent exactly this
  date and time (including the AM or PM). Please, what is the best way to accomplish this?</p>