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package com.davis.bluefolder.deserializers; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import com.google.gson.JsonParseException; import java.lang.reflect.Type; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; /** * This software was created for * All rights to this software belong to * appropriate licenses and restrictions apply. * Created by Samuel Davis on 7/5/16. * Class Description */ public class DateDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Date> { private static final String[] DATE_FORMATS = new String[] { "MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss", "MMM dd, yyyy", "MM-dd-yyyy hh:mma", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss:SSS", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss:SSSXXX", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss" }; @Override public Date deserialize(JsonElement jsonElement, Type typeOF, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException { for (String format : DATE_FORMATS) { try { return new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.US).parse(jsonElement.getAsString()); } catch (ParseException e) { } } throw new JsonParseException("Unparseable date: \"" + jsonElement.getAsString() + "\". Supported formats: " + Arrays.toString(DATE_FORMATS)); } }