code: public static final Date parseTimestamp(String value)
     {
        Date result = null;
  
        if (value != null && value.length() != 0)
        {
           try
           {
              result = TIMESTAMP_FORMAT.get().parse(value);
           }
  
           catch (ParseException ex)
           {
              // Ignore parse exception
           }
        }
  
        return (result);
     }
docs: Parse a timestamp value.
  
  @param value string representation
  @return date value