static Date parseDate(String inputUntrimmed) throws ParseException {
String input = inputUntrimmed.trim();
// remove milliseconds to reduce number of needed patterns
final MatcherWrapper matcher = new MatcherWrapper(PATTERN_MILLISECONDS, input);
input = matcher.replaceFirst("");
if (input.contains("Z")) {
return formatSimpleZ.parse(input);
}
if (StringUtils.countMatches(input, ":") == 3) {
final String removeColon =
input.substring(0, input.length() - 3) + input.substring(input.length() - 2);
return formatTimezone.parse(removeColon);
}
return formatSimple.parse(input);
}
