how to format time using java with flex?
try {
    String str_date = "Sat Aug 4 13:10:00 GMT+0530 2012";

    DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
            "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzzz yyyy");
    Date date = (Date) formatter.parse(str_date);
    System.out.println(date);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    System.out.println("Exception :" + e);
}

`Exception :java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "Sat Aug 4 13:10:00 GMT+0530 2012"`

DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss 'GMT'Z yyyy");