Java Date from String convertToDate(String value)

Description

convert To Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date convertToDate(String value) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    static SimpleDateFormat FMT = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
    static SimpleDateFormat FMT2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

    public static Date convertToDate(String value) {
        if (value == null)
            return null;
        value = value.trim();//w w  w . ja  va 2 s .  c om
        if (value.length() == 0)
            return null;

        Date date = null;
        try {
            date = FMT.parse(value);
        } catch (ParseException pe1) {
            try {
                date = FMT2.parse(value);
            } catch (ParseException pe2) {
                throw new RuntimeException("unable to parse date [" + value + "]");
            }
        }

        return date;
    }
}

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