title: How to parse date string to Date?
body: <p>How do I parse the date string below into a <code>Date</code> object?</p>
  
  <pre><code>String target = "Thu Sep 28 20:29:30 JST 2000";
  DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("E MM dd kk:mm:ss z yyyy");
  Date result =  df.parse(target);  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Throws exception...</p>
  
  <pre><code>java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Thu Sep 28 20:29:30 JST 2000"
          at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:337)
  </code></pre>