Android Date String Parse parseDate(String dateValue, String[] dateFormats, Date startDate)

Description

Parses the date value using the given date formats.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateValue	the date value to parse
dateFormats	the date formats to use
startDate	During parsing, two digit years will be placed in the range <code>startDate</code> to <code>startDate + 100 years</code>. This value may be <code>null</code>. When <code>null</code> is given as a parameter, year <code>2000</code> will be used.

Exception

Parameter	Description
DateParseException	if none of the dataFormats could parse the dateValue

Return

the parsed date

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String dateValue, String[] dateFormats,
        Date startDate) throws DateParseException 

Method Source Code

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import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.TimeZone;
import org.apache.ogt.http.annotation.Immutable;

public class Main{
    private static final String[] DEFAULT_PATTERNS = new String[] {
            PATTERN_RFC1036, PATTERN_RFC1123, PATTERN_ASCTIME };
    private static final Date DEFAULT_TWO_DIGIT_YEAR_START;
    /**
     * Parses a date value.  The formats used for parsing the date value are retrieved from
     * the default http params.
     *
     * @param dateValue the date value to parse
     *
     * @return the parsed date
     *
     * @throws DateParseException if the value could not be parsed using any of the
     * supported date formats
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String dateValue)
            throws DateParseException {
        return parseDate(dateValue, null, null);
    }
    /**
     * Parses the date value using the given date formats.
     *
     * @param dateValue the date value to parse
     * @param dateFormats the date formats to use
     *
     * @return the parsed date
     *
     * @throws DateParseException if none of the dataFormats could parse the dateValue
     */
    public static Date parseDate(final String dateValue,
            String[] dateFormats) throws DateParseException {
        return parseDate(dateValue, dateFormats, null);
    }
    /**
     * Parses the date value using the given date formats.
     *
     * @param dateValue the date value to parse
     * @param dateFormats the date formats to use
     * @param startDate During parsing, two digit years will be placed in the range
     * <code>startDate</code> to <code>startDate + 100 years</code>. This value may
     * be <code>null</code>. When <code>null</code> is given as a parameter, year
     * <code>2000</code> will be used.
     *
     * @return the parsed date
     *
     * @throws DateParseException if none of the dataFormats could parse the dateValue
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String dateValue, String[] dateFormats,
            Date startDate) throws DateParseException {

        if (dateValue == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("dateValue is null");
        }
        if (dateFormats == null) {
            dateFormats = DEFAULT_PATTERNS;
        }
        if (startDate == null) {
            startDate = DEFAULT_TWO_DIGIT_YEAR_START;
        }
        // trim single quotes around date if present
        // see issue #5279
        if (dateValue.length() > 1 && dateValue.startsWith("'")
                && dateValue.endsWith("'")) {
            dateValue = dateValue.substring(1, dateValue.length() - 1);
        }

        for (String dateFormat : dateFormats) {
            SimpleDateFormat dateParser = DateFormatHolder
                    .formatFor(dateFormat);
            dateParser.set2DigitYearStart(startDate);

            try {
                return dateParser.parse(dateValue);
            } catch (ParseException pe) {
                // ignore this exception, we will try the next format
            }
        }

        // we were unable to parse the date
        throw new DateParseException("Unable to parse the date "
                + dateValue);
    }
}

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