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

DateparseSimpleDate(String dateString)
parse Simple Date 
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("DD/MM/yy",
        Locale.UK);
Date date = null;
try {
    date = (Date) formatter.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return date;
DateparseUTCFormattedDateString(String dateString)
parse UTC Formatted Date String 
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
        "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm'Z'");
Date date = null;
try {
    date = formatter.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    Log.e(DateTimeUtil.class.getSimpleName(),
            "Failed to parse date");
...
DateparseYoutubeDate(String rawDate)
parse Youtube Date 
final String TAG = "StringUtil.parseYoutubeDate";
String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.US);
String minusTimezone = rawDate.substring(0, rawDate.indexOf('.'));
String cleanSpecials = minusTimezone.replace('T', ' ');
try {
    return sdf.parse(cleanSpecials);
} catch (ParseException pe) {
...
DatestringToDate(String str)
string To Date 
if (isBlank(str)) {
    return null;
try {
    return format.parse(str);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    return null;
DatetoDate(String sdate)
to Date 
try {
    return dateFormater.parse(sdate);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    try {
        return dateFormater.parse(new Date(toLong(sdate) * 1000L)
                .toGMTString());
    } catch (ParseException e1) {
        return null;
...
DatetoDate(String sdate)
to Date 
try {
    return dateFormater.get().parse(sdate);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    return null;
StringtoDateFormat(String d, String delim)
to Date Format 
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
if (d == null || d.equals("") || d.length() != 8) {
    return d;
sb.append(d.substring(0, 4));
sb.append(delim);
sb.append(d.substring(4, 6));
sb.append(delim);
...
DateparseDate(CharSequence input)
parse Date 
return parseDate(input, null);
DateparseDate(CharSequence input, Date defaultDate)
parse Date 
if (input == null)
    return defaultDate;
else {
    try {
        return dateFormatter.parse(input.toString());
    } catch (Exception e) {
        return null;
DateparseDate(CharSequence input, String pattern, Date defaultDate)
parse Date 
if (input == null)
    return defaultDate;
else {
    try {
        if (pattern != null)
            return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).parse(input
                    .toString());
        else {
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