Java Date Value Check isDate(String val, SimpleDateFormat formatter)

Description

is Date

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
val	a parameter
formatter	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean isDate(String val, SimpleDateFormat formatter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  w w.ja  v  a2s.c  o  m*/
 * chombo: Hadoop Map Reduce utility
 * Author: Pranab Ghosh
 * 
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 *
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param val
     * @param formatter
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean isDate(String val, SimpleDateFormat formatter) {
        boolean valid = true;
        try {
            Date date = formatter.parse(val);
            valid = null != date;
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            valid = false;
        }
        return valid;
    }
}

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