Android Date String to Date Convert toDate(String s)

Description

Parses the date string and returns the date value.

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	the input string

Return

the parsed date value, null if input is null or invalid

Declaration

public static Date toDate(String s) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**//from   w  w  w.ja  v  a 2  s  .c  o  m
     * Parses the date string and returns the date value.
     * Input format is: <b>dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss</b>.
     * 
     * @param s the input string
     * @return the parsed date value, null if input is null or invalid
     */
    public static Date toDate(String s) {
        Date date = null;
        try {
            SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(
                    "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss");
            date = sdf.parse(s);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return date;
    }
}

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5. stringToDate(String paramString1, String paramString2, boolean paramBoolean)
6. toDateFromString(String dateString)
7. str2Date(String str)
8. global2Date(String str)