Java Date Parse getDateFromString(String dateStr, String datePattern)

Description

For Parsing Dates.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateStr	The date string to be parsed
datePattern	The date pattern to use to parse the date string

Return

Date object. If date was unable to be parsed the object will be null

Declaration

public static Date getDateFromString(String dateStr, String datePattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from www. j a v a2 s.c  o m*/
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 *
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 * Department of Family Medicine
 * McMaster University
 * Hamilton
 * Ontario, Canada
 */

import java.text.DateFormat;

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * For Parsing Dates.
     * @param dateStr The date string to be parsed
     * @param datePattern The date pattern to use to parse the date string
     * @return Date object. If date was unable to be parsed the object will be null
     */
    public static Date getDateFromString(String dateStr, String datePattern) {
        Date date = null;
        try {
            // Some examples
            DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(datePattern);
            date = formatter.parse(dateStr);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
        }
        return date;
    }
}

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