Java Hour Format formattedStringToDate(String date)

Description

Converts a String that represents a Date with the format of DATEPATTERN into a Date-Object

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	a parameter

Declaration

public static Date formattedStringToDate(String date) 

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 {
    /**/*w  w  w. j  a  va 2  s .  c o m*/
     * Defines the format of each string that represent a date in our project.
     * The pattern is "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss"
     */
    public static final String DATEPATTERN = "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss";

    /**
     * Converts a String that represents a Date with the format of DATEPATTERN into a Date-Object
     * @param date
     * @return
     */
    public static Date formattedStringToDate(String date) {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(DATEPATTERN);
        try {
            return formatter.parse(date);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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