Java Date Parse dateStringToDateObject(String dateString, String dateFormat)

Description

Converts a given dateString to a date object using the given dateFormat

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	a parameter
dateFormat	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	an exception

Declaration

public static Date dateStringToDateObject(String dateString, String dateFormat) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from www.ja va  2 s .  c o m
 * investovator, Stock Market Gaming Framework
 *     Copyright (C) 2013  investovator
 *
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 *     (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 *     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *     GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 *     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Converts a given dateString to a date object using the given dateFormat
     *
     * @param dateString
     * @param dateFormat
     * @return
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static Date dateStringToDateObject(String dateString, String dateFormat) throws ParseException {
        Date date;

        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);

        date = format.parse(dateString);

        return date;

    }
}

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