Java Date Parse getDateFromString(final String dateString, final String dateFormatString)

Description

Takes a date in string format and a date format string and returns a Date

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	- the date in a string representation
dateFormatString	- the format of how the date is represented in the dateString argument

Return

Date - returns a date object as specified by the dateString argument

Declaration

public static Date getDateFromString(final String dateString, final String dateFormatString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**/* w w  w  .  j a v a  2 s.  c o  m*/
     * Takes a date in string format and a date format string and returns
     * a Date
     *
     * @param dateString       - the date in a string representation
     * @param dateFormatString - the format of how the date is represented in the
     *                         dateString argument
     * @return Date - returns a date object as specified by the dateString argument
     */
    public static Date getDateFromString(final String dateString, final String dateFormatString) {
        try {
            return parseExact(dateString, dateFormatString);
        } catch (final ParseException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Date could not be parsed in the specified format: " + dateFormatString
                    + " - " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Given the format value parse the date time from the string.
     *
     * @param value
     * @param format
     * @return Date
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static Date parseExact(final String value, final String format) throws ParseException {
        final DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.getDefault());
        return formatter.parse(value);
    }
}

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