Java Date Parse getDateFromText(String dateStr)

Description

get Date From Text

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date getDateFromText(String dateStr) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from w w w. ja  v a 2  s .  c  om
 *
 *   Copyright 2011-2012 Universite Joseph Fourier, LIG, ADELE team
 *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *   limitations under the License.
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static String SIMULATOR_DATE_FORMAT = "dd/MM/yyyy-HH:mm:ss";

    public static Date getDateFromText(String dateStr) {
        if (dateStr != null && (!dateStr.isEmpty())) {
            SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(SIMULATOR_DATE_FORMAT);
            Date startDate = null;

            try {
                startDate = formatter.parse(dateStr);
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } finally {
                if (startDate == null)
                    startDate = null;
            }
            return startDate;
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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