Java Date Parse convertStringToDate(String dt)

Description

convert String To Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date convertStringToDate(String dt) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.text.ParseException;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {

    public static Date convertStringToDate(String dt) {
        if (dt == null || dt.equals("")) {
            return null;
        }/*from w  ww .j  a  v  a 2 s  .  c o  m*/
        return convertStringToDate("yyyy-MM-dd", dt);
    }

    public static Date convertStringToDate(String style, String dt) {
        if (dt == null || dt.equals("")) {
            return null;
        }
        if (style == null || style.equals("")) {
            style = "yyyy-MM-dd";
        }
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(style);
        dateFormat.setLenient(false);
        try {
            return dateFormat.parse(dt);
        } catch (ParseException ex) {
            return null;
        }

    }
}

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