Java Calendar Create getCalendar(String gdate)

Description

Get a Calendar for this gdate, or null in case of failure

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
gdate	a parameter

Declaration

public static Calendar getCalendar(String gdate) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w w  w .j a  v  a  2 s  . co  m
     * Get a Calendar for this gdate, or null in case of failure
     * @param gdate
     * @return
     */
    public static Calendar getCalendar(String gdate) {
        return getCalendar(gdate, null);
    }

    /**
     * Get a Calendar for this gdate, or ndef in case of failure
     * @param gdate
     * @param def
     * @return
     */
    public static Calendar getCalendar(String gdate, Calendar def) {
        if ((gdate != null) && (gdate.length() < 14))
            gdate = gdate + "00000000000000";
        if ((gdate == null) || (gdate.length() < 14)) {
            return def;
        }
        Calendar date = CalendargetInstance();
        try {
            date.set(Integer.parseInt(gdate.substring(0, 4)),
                    Integer.parseInt(gdate.substring(4, 6)) - 1,
                    Integer.parseInt(gdate.substring(6, 8)),
                    Integer.parseInt(gdate.substring(8, 10)),
                    Integer.parseInt(gdate.substring(10, 12)),
                    Integer.parseInt(gdate.substring(12, 14)));
            date.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND,
                    Integer.parseInt(gdate.substring(15, 18)));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return def;
        }
        //System.out.println("getCalendar "+gdate+" into "+date);
        return date;
    }

    /**
     * Return now at UTC
     * @return
     */
    public static Calendar CalendargetInstance() {
        return Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
    }
}

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