Example usage for java.text SimpleDateFormat toString

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for java.text SimpleDateFormat toString.

Prototype

public String toString() 

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Returns a string representation of the object.

Usage

From source file:com.xpn.xwiki.objects.classes.DateClass.java

@Override
public BaseProperty newPropertyfromXML(Element ppcel) {
    String value = ppcel.getText();
    BaseProperty property = newProperty();

    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(value)) {
        return property;
    }//from  www  .  j  av a  2s.  c o  m

    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S");
    try {
        property.setValue(sdf.parse(value));
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss z yyyy", Locale.US);
        try {
            if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
                LOG.warn("Failed to parse date [" + value + "] using format [" + sdf.toString()
                        + "]. Trying again with format [" + sdf2.toString() + "]");
            }
            property.setValue(sdf2.parse(value));
        } catch (ParseException e2) {
            if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
                LOG.warn("Failed to parse date [" + value + "] using format [" + sdf2.toString()
                        + "]. Defaulting to the current date.");
            }
            property.setValue(new Date());
        }
    }
    return property;
}

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