code: public static Date parseDate(final String date) throws WarcFormatException {
  		try {
  			synchronized (W3C_ISO8601_DATE_PARSE) {
  				return W3C_ISO8601_DATE_PARSE.parse(date);
  			}
  		} catch (ParseException e) {
  			throw new WarcFormatException("Error parsing date " + date, e);
  		}
  	}
docs: Parses the date found in a {@link WarcHeader.Name#WARC_DATE} header.
  
  @param date the date.
  @return the parsed date.