Java Date Parse asDate(String string)

Description

asDate.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	a java.lang.String object.

Return

a object.

Declaration

public static Date asDate(String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w w  w  . j a  v a  2s .  c o  m
 * Copyright 2012 Denis Neuling, Dennis Wieding, Mateusz Wozniak
 * 
 * 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.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>asDate.</p>
     *
     * @param string a {@link java.lang.String} object.
     * @return a {@link java.util.Date} object.
     */
    public static Date asDate(String string) {
        try {
            if (isIsoFormat(string)) {
                throw new RuntimeException("Date does not fit into ISO date format.");
            }
            SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
            Date date = simpleDateFormat.parse(string);
            return date;
        } catch (ParseException parseException) {
            throw new RuntimeException(parseException);
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>isIsoFormat.</p>
     *
     * @param string a {@link java.lang.String} object.
     * @return a boolean.
     */
    public static boolean isIsoFormat(String string) {
        if (!string.matches("^[\\d\\-]*$")) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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