Java Date Parse convertStringToDate(String str_date)

Description

Convert string to date.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str_date	the str_date

Return

the date

Declaration

public static Date convertStringToDate(String str_date) 

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 {
    /**//from  www . j a  v a 2 s.co m
     * Convert string to date.
     * 
     * @param str_date
     *            the str_date
     * @return the date
     */
    public static Date convertStringToDate(String str_date) {
        if (str_date != null && str_date.length() == 19)
            return convertStringToDateWithTime(str_date);

        Date dt = null;
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
        try {
            if (str_date != null) {
                dt = (Date) formatter.parse(str_date);
            }
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return dt;
    }

    /**
     * Convert string to date with time.
     * 
     * @param str_date
     *            the str_date
     * @return the date
     */
    public static Date convertStringToDateWithTime(String str_date) {
        Date dt = null;
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm a");
        try {
            if (str_date != null) {
                dt = (Date) formatter.parse(str_date);
            }
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return dt;
    }
}

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