Java Date Parse dateFromString(final String value)

Description

Parses string into a Date object, first attempting as long(millis) then using the SimpleDateFormat: "MM-dd-yyyy"

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	string representation of date/or a long (millis)

Return

date object parsed from string

Declaration

public static java.util.Date dateFromString(final String value) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Parses string into a Date object, first attempting as long(millis) then using the SimpleDateFormat: "MM-dd-yyyy"
     *
     * @param value string representation of date/or a long (millis)
     * @return date object parsed from string
     */
    public static java.util.Date dateFromString(final String value) throws Exception {
        java.util.Date d = null;
        try {
            d = new java.util.Date();
            d.setTime(Long.parseLong(value));
        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
            try {
                d = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy").parse(value);
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                throw new Exception(String.format("Failed to parse '%s' as date", value));
            }
        }
        return d;
    }
}

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