Java Day of parseDay(final String day)

Description

Parses the given day and returns the corresponding date.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
day	a String representing a day

Return

a Date object

Declaration

public static Date parseDay(final String day) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    private static final String DAY = "MMM d, yyyy";

    /**
     * Parses the given day and returns the corresponding date. The method returns null if the day argument is null or
     * empty.
     *
     * @param day a {@code String} representing a day
     * @return a {@code Date} object
     */
    public static Date parseDay(final String day) {
        Date result = null;
        if (day != null && !day.isEmpty()) {
            try {
                final SimpleDateFormat dateTimeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DAY);
                dateTimeFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
                result = dateTimeFormat.parse(day);
            } catch (final ParseException e) {
                // ignore it
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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