question: utility method to parse a date using iso-8601 concode_field_sep PlaceHolder placeHolder concode_field_sep String removeImgTag concode_elem_sep String firstNChars concode_elem_sep String doubleToString concode_elem_sep String monthName concode_elem_sep Number StringToNumber
target: Date function ( String arg0 ) { Date loc0 = null ; DateFormat loc1 = new SimpleDateFormat ( "srini_string" ) ; loc1 . setTimeZone ( TimeZone . getTimeZone ( "srini_string" ) ) ; try { loc0 = loc1 . parse ( arg0 ) ; } catch ( ParseException loc2 ) { Log . loc2 ( "srini_string" , loc2 . getMessage ( ) ) ; } return loc0 ; }