Java Utililty Methods Parse Date

List of utility methods to do Parse Date

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Method

DateparseDateLoose(String dateString)
Convenience method for #parseDateStrict(String) which does not throw an exception on error, but merely returns null. 
try {
    return parseDateStrict(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    return null;
DateparseDateNewFormat(String sDate)
parse Date New Format 
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(newFormat);
Date d = dateFormat.parse(sDate);
return d;
DateparseDateNoTimeWithDelimit(String sDate, String delimit)
parse Date No Time With Delimit 
sDate = sDate.replaceAll(delimit, "");
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(shortFormat);
if ((sDate == null) || (sDate.length() != shortFormat.length())) {
    throw new ParseException("length not match", 0);
return dateFormat.parse(sDate);
CalendarparseDateOrTimeString(String aDateString, String aFormatString)
parse Date Or Time String 
Calendar tempCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
tempCalendar.setTime(getSimpleDateFormat(aFormatString).parse(aDateString));
return tempCalendar;
DateparseDateRFC(String value)
parse Date RFC 
if (value == null) {
    return null;
try {
    synchronized (sdf) {
        sdf.applyPattern(RFC_FORMAT);
        sdf.setTimeZone(GMT);
        return sdf.parse(value);
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DateparseDateRfc822(String str)
Parse a string in RFC822 GMT format. 
if (str != null) {
    try {
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormater = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'", Locale.US);
        dateFormater.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
        return dateFormater.parse(str);
    } catch (ParseException ex) {
        return null;
return null;
Date[]parseDates(String query)
parse Dates 
String[] segments = SPLIT_PATTERN.split(query);
List<Date> dates = new ArrayList<>();
for (String s : segments) {
    Date date = parse(s.trim());
    if (date != null) {
        dates.add(date);
return dates.toArray(new Date[dates.size()]);
StringparseDateStrFormat(String strDate)
parse Date Str Format 
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
return sdf.format(strDate);
DateparseDateString(String dateStr)
parse Date String 
try {
    return dateformat.parse(dateStr);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    try {
        return new Date(dateStr);
    } catch (Exception e1) {
        return new Date();
DateparseDateString(String dateString)
parse Date String 
Date d = null;
d = parseBingDate(dateString);
if (d != null)
    return d;
d = parseBossDate(dateString);
if (d != null)
    return d;
d = parseTwitterDate(dateString);
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