client-api/src/main/java/com/streamsets/datacollector/client/ApiClient.java
public Date parseDate(String str) {
    try {
      return dateFormat.parse(str);
    } catch (java.text.ParseException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
  }
public Date parseDate(String str) {
    try {
      return dateFormat.parse(str);
    } catch (java.text.ParseException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
  }
Parse the given string into Date object.