private Date parseDate(String dateString) {
		try {
			return DATE_FORMAT.parse(dateString);
		}
		catch (ParseException e) {
			throw new AssertException("Can't parse date string: " + dateString);
		}
	}
Construct a new GProperties object using the given JSonObject.
@param root JSonObject representing a GProperties
Ghidra/Framework/Generic/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/options/GProperties.java