Java Date Parse getDateFromString(String dateString)

Description

Returns a Date objected parsed from a given string representing a date.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	The string representing a date in the format "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm".

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	an exception

Return

A date object

Declaration

public static Date getDateFromString(String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w w  w  .ja  va  2s.c om*/
     * Returns a Date objected parsed from a given string representing a date.
     * 
     * <pre>
     * {@code
     * Date date = getDateFromString("10.09.1993 18:58")
     * System.out.println(date.toString());
     * >> Fri Sep 10 18:58:00 CLT 1993
     * }
     * </pre>
     * 
     * @param dateString
     *            The string representing a date in the format
     *            "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm".
     * @return A date object
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static Date getDateFromString(String dateString) {
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm");
        try {
            Date date = dateFormat.parse(dateString);
            return date;
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            System.out.println(dateString + " is unparseable using " + dateFormat);
        }
        return new Date();
    }
}

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