Android Utililty Methods Date String Parse

List of utility methods to do Date String Parse

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Description

The list of methods to do Date String Parse are organized into topic(s).

Method

Dateparse(String dateStr)
Converts the given string into a java.util.Date object using the defined default format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm 
Date parsedDate;
try {
    parsedDate = DEFAULT_FORMATTER.parse(dateStr);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    Log.e(PictureDownloader.TAG, "Error parsing date string: "
            + dateStr + " - returning current date...");
    parsedDate = new Date();
return parsedDate;
Dateparse(String input)
parse 
return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss").parse(input);
Dateparse(String source, String pattern)
parse 
if (source == null) {
    return null;
Date date;
try {
    date = getFormat(pattern).parse(source);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    return null;
...
DateparseDate(String value, String[] parsePatterns)
parse Date 
if (value == null || parsePatterns == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
            "Date and Patterns must not be null");
SimpleDateFormat parser = null;
ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
for (int i = 0; i < parsePatterns.length; i++) {
    if (i == 0) {
...
DateparseJsonDate(String jsonDate)
parse Json Date 
Date d = null;
if (jsonDate != null) {
    d = parseDate(jsonDate, FORMAT_4);
    if (d == null) {
        d = parseDate(jsonDate);
return d;
...
java.sql.Datestr2Date(String str)
str Date 
if (str == null)
    return null;
str = str.trim();
if (!str.matches("^\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d$")
        && !str.matches("^\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d \\d\\d:\\d\\d:\\d\\d$"))
    return null;
String[] ss = str.split("-| |:");
GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
...
DatestringConvertDate(String date)
string Convert Date 
if (null == date || "".equals(date)) {
    return null;
if (date.length() == 10) {
    date = date + " 00:00:00";
} else if (date.length() == 16) {
    date = date + ":00";
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
        "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
Date objDate;
try {
    objDate = formatter.parse(date);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    objDate = null;
return objDate;
DatestringToDate(String date)
string To Date 
formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("gmt"));
return (formatter.parse(date));
DatetoDate(String string)
to Date 
return new Date();
int[]tokenizeDate(String date)
tokenize Date 
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(date, "-/");
ArrayList<Integer> al = new ArrayList<Integer>();
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
    al.add(Integer.parseInt(st.nextToken()));
int[] tokenList = new int[3];
for (int i = 0; i < al.size(); i++) {
    tokenList[i] = al.get(i);
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