code: public static Date toDateFromShortFormat(String date) {
      if (date == null) {
        return null;
      }
  
      Date parsedDate = toDateWithFormatString(date, FACEBOOK_SHORT_DATE_FORMAT);
  
      // Fall back to variant if initial parse fails
      if (parsedDate == null) {
        parsedDate = toDateWithFormatString(date, FACEBOOK_ALTERNATE_SHORT_DATE_FORMAT);
      }
  
      return parsedDate;
    }
docs: Returns a Java representation of a Facebook "short" {@code date} string.
  
  @param date
  Facebook {@code date} string.
  @return Java date representation of the given Facebook "short" {@code date} string or {@code null} if {@code date}
  is {@code null} or invalid.