Parse date from RSS feed

object.java

public Date getNewestDateTime(){
    String stringDate = getLatestEpisode().getPubDate();

    Log.d(TAG, "stringdate is "+stringDate);

    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", Locale.ENGLISH);
    try{
        Date date = format.parse(stringDate);
        Log.d(TAG, "parsed date: "+date);
        return date;

    } catch(ParseException e) {
        Log.d(TAG, "parse exception for date");
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
return null;
}