Java Date Parse convertStringToDate(String aMask, String strDate)

Description

This method generates a string representation of a date/time in the format you specify on input

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
aMask	the date pattern the string is in
strDate	a string representation of a date

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	an exception

Return

a converted Date object

Declaration

public static final Date convertStringToDate(String aMask, String strDate) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**/*  w  ww  .  j a v a 2s  . c  o m*/
     * This method generates a string representation of a date/time in the
     * format you specify on input
     * 
     * @param aMask
     *            the date pattern the string is in
     * @param strDate
     *            a string representation of a date
     * @return a converted Date object
     * @see java.text.SimpleDateFormat
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static final Date convertStringToDate(String aMask, String strDate) throws ParseException {
        SimpleDateFormat df = null;
        Date date = null;
        df = new SimpleDateFormat(aMask);

        try {
            date = df.parse(strDate);
        } catch (ParseException pe) {
            return null;
        }

        return (date);
    }

    /**
     * This method converts a String to a date using the datePattern
     * 
     * @param strDate
     *            the date to convert (in format MM/dd/yyyy)
     * @return a date object
     * 
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static Date convertStringToDate(String strDate) throws ParseException {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
        ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
        Date strtodate = formatter.parse(strDate, pos);
        return strtodate;
    }

    public static String parse(Date d) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd");
        String dateStr = sdf.format(d);
        return dateStr;
    }
}

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