Java tutorial
/* * Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Farr * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package ca.tokenize.sally.api; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import java.lang.reflect.Type; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; public class DateDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Date> { private static final String SALLY_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"; @Override public Date deserialize(JsonElement element, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext context) { String date = element.getAsString(); SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(SALLY_DATE_FORMAT); format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); try { return format.parse(date); } catch (ParseException e) { return null; } } }