Java Date Format Guess getDateFormat(String date)

Description

Retrieves the date pattern.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the date to get the format

Return

String the pattern

Declaration

public static String getDateFormat(String date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Retrieves the date pattern.
     *
     * @param date the date to get the format
     * @return String the pattern
     */
    public static String getDateFormat(String date) {

        if (date == null || date.equals("")) {
            return null;
        }

        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat();
        String[] patterns = new String[] { "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss'Z'", "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss", "yyyyMMdd", "yyyy-MM-dd" };
        int[] patternsLength = new int[] { 16, 15, 8, 10 };

        int s = patterns.length;
        Date d = null;
        for (int i = 0; i < s; i++) {
            try {
                dateFormat.applyPattern(patterns[i]);
                dateFormat.setLenient(true);
                d = dateFormat.parse(date);

                if (date.length() == patternsLength[i]) {
                    return patterns[i];
                }

            } catch (Exception e) {
                continue;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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1. determineDateFormat(String dateString)
2. determineDateFormat(String dateString)
3. getDateFormat(Date date)
4. getDateFormat(Date date, String format)
5. getDateFormat(String date)
6. getDateFormat(String date)
7. getDateFormat(String dateStr)
8. getDateFormatted(Date date)