Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by DateFormat.parse(String s).

Allocates a Date object and initializes it so that it represents the date and time indicated by the string s, which is interpreted as if by the Date.parse method.

Parameters:

s

a string representation of the date.

See also:
java.text.DateFormat, java.util.Date.parse(java.lang.String)