Java Date from String convertToDate(String dateString, String pattern)

Description

concerts the string format into a Date

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	a parameter
pattern	a parameter

Return

the resulting Date

Declaration

public static Date convertToDate(String dateString, String pattern) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*  w w  w.  jav  a2s .  c o  m*/
 * Copyright 2015 Jan Lolling jan.lolling@gmail.com
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * concerts the string format into a Date
     * @param dateString
     * @param pattern
     * @return the resulting Date
     */
    public static Date convertToDate(String dateString, String pattern) throws Exception {
        if (dateString == null || dateString.trim().isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        }
        if (pattern == null || pattern.isEmpty()) {
            throw new Exception("convertToDate failed: pattern cannot be null or empty");
        }
        try {
            SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
            return sdf.parse(dateString.trim());
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            throw new Exception("Failed to convert string to date:" + t.getMessage(), t);
        }
    }
}

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