Java Date Value Check isDate(String dateString)

Description

is Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static boolean isDate(String dateString) 

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 static final String DEFAULT_FORMAT_DATETIME = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";

    public static boolean isDate(String dateString) {
        return tryParse(dateString);
    }/*from  ww  w  .j  a  v  a2s.c  o  m*/

    public static boolean tryParse(String dateString) {
        Date date = getDateTime(dateString);
        return (date == null ? false : true);
    }

    public static Date getDateTime(String dateString, String format) {
        SimpleDateFormat sf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        Date date = null;
        try {
            date = sf.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return date;
    }

    public static Date getDateTime(String dateTimeString) {
        return getDateTime(dateTimeString, DEFAULT_FORMAT_DATETIME);
    }
}

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