Java Parse Date Pattern YYYY parseEXIFFormat(String dateString)

Description

parse EXIF Format

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date parseEXIFFormat(String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static Date parseEXIFFormat(String dateString) {
        /* from metadataextractor */
        // This seems to cover all known Exif date strings
        // Note that "    :  :     :  :  " is a valid date string according to the Exif spec (which means 'unknown date'): http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/tifftags/privateifd/exif/datetimeoriginal.html
        String datePatterns[] = { "yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss",
                "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm", "yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm" };
        for (String datePattern : datePatterns) {
            try {
                /* current timezone */
                DateFormat parser = new SimpleDateFormat(datePattern);
                return parser.parse(dateString);
            } catch (ParseException ex) {
                // simply try the next pattern
            }/*from w  w  w.j  a v a 2 s .co m*/
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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