code: public long parseLocalDate(String string) throws Exception
    {
      long time = parseDate(string);
  
      synchronized (this) {
        setLocalTime(time);
        return getGMTTime();
      }
    }
docs: /*
  XXX: okay, this is vile.
  Mon, 17 Jan 1994 11:14:55 -0500 (EST)
  
  In local time