Java Date Parse convertStringToDate(String dateString, String dateFormat)

Description

Method converts a String to Date, format of the String should be specified Example: dateString: 1999-10-15 dateFormat: yyyy-mm-dd

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	a parameter
dateFormat	a parameter

Declaration

public static Date convertStringToDate(String dateString, String dateFormat) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from   w w  w  .j av a2  s.  c om*/
 *   theMovieDb-V3-API
 *   Copyright (C) 2012  Amith GC
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 *
 *   @author Amith GC
 */

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Method converts a String to Date, format of the String should be specified
     * Example: 
     * dateString: 1999-10-15 
     * dateFormat: yyyy-mm-dd
     * 
     * @param dateString
     * @param dateFormat
     * @return
     */
    public static Date convertStringToDate(String dateString, String dateFormat) {
        if (isStringBlank(dateString) || isStringBlank(dateFormat)) {
            return null;
        }

        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
        try {
            Date dateObject = df.parse(dateString);
            return dateObject;
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Method to Validate the String
     * @param string
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean isStringBlank(String string) {
        if (string == null || string.isEmpty()) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

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