Try these Parsers in order
This is scalding's default date parser.
This is scalding's default date parser. You can choose this by setting an implicit val DateParser. Note that DateParsers using SimpleDateFormat from Java are not thread-safe, thus the def here. You can cache the result if you are sure
This ignores the time-zone assuming it must be in the String
Note that DateFormats in Java are generally not thread-safe, so you should not share the result here across threads
Using the type-class pattern