Java Date Parse getDateFromString(String date, String fmt)

Description

get Date From String

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date getDateFromString(String date, String fmt) throws Exception 

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 {
    public final static String DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd";

    public static Date getDateFromString(String date, String fmt) throws Exception {
        if (date == null || date.trim().length() == 0)
            return null;
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = fmt == null ? new SimpleDateFormat(DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT) : new SimpleDateFormat(fmt);
        return sdf.parse(date);
    }/*from  w w  w .j  a  v  a2  s.  co m*/

    public static Date parse(String date, String format) throws ParseException {
        if (date == null)
            return null;

        SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat(format);

        return fmt.parse(date);
    }
}

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