- TIBCO BusinessEvents®
- Standard
- DateTime

# DateTime.parseString()

## Signature

`DateTime parseString (String date, String format)`

## Domain

ACTION, CONDITION, QUERY, BUI

## Description

Parses the `date` provided in the string according to the format and returns it as a DateTime with default time zone.

## Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`date` | `String` | 3 digits millisecond is required if parsing millisecond. i.e. $103-11-2004 14:59:04.250$1 is correct, $103-11-2004 14:59:04.25$1 is not valid.
`format` | `String` | A String containing a format describing how the date should be parsed. e.g. $1MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss$1, $1MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS$1.

## Returns

Type | Description
--- | ---
`DateTime` | The result DateTime.

## Cautions

none

## See Also

java.text.SimpleDateFormat