Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* The MIT License (MIT) * * Copyright (c) 2013 Romain Segismont * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, * subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all * copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * */ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { public static final Date stringToDate(SimpleDateFormat dateFormat, String dateToConvert, boolean catchError) { try { Date localDate = dateFormat.parse(dateToConvert); return localDate; } catch (Throwable localThrowable) { if (!catchError) { return new Date(1000L + System.currentTimeMillis()); } } return null; } public static final Date stringToDate(String paramString1, String paramString2, boolean paramBoolean) { SimpleDateFormat localSimpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(paramString2, Locale.getDefault()); localSimpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault().getID())); try { Date localDate = localSimpleDateFormat.parse(paramString1); return localDate; } catch (Throwable localThrowable) { if (!paramBoolean) { return new Date(1000L + System.currentTimeMillis()); } } return null; } }