Java Date Parse convertStringToDate(String value)

Description

Converts the string value to date.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	the string value

Return

converted value

Declaration

public static long convertStringToDate(String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    private static SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz", Locale.US);

    /**
     * Converts the string value to date.
     * 
     * @param value
     *            the string value
     * @return converted value
     */
    public static long convertStringToDate(String value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return -1L;
        }
        try {
            return DATE_FORMAT.parse(value).getTime();
        } catch (ParseException ignore) {
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(value);
    }
}

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