Java Parse Date Pattern YYYY parseGeneralizedTimeAsDate(String generalizedTime)

Description

Parses a generalized time as a date ignoring hour minute seconds.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
generalizedTime	the string representation of the date/time in the format YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	Whenever a parse exception occurs.

Return

the parsed date or null.

Declaration

public static Date parseGeneralizedTimeAsDate(String generalizedTime) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w w w . j a  v  a  2  s.c  o m
 * Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Vincent Vandenschrick. All rights reserved.
 *
 *  This file is part of the Jspresso framework.
 *
 *  Jspresso is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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 */

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Parses a generalized time as a date ignoring hour minute seconds.
     *
     * @param generalizedTime
     *          the string representation of the date/time in the format
     *          YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
     * @return the parsed date or null.
     * @throws ParseException
     *           Whenever a parse exception occurs.
     */
    public static Date parseGeneralizedTimeAsDate(String generalizedTime) throws ParseException {
        if (generalizedTime != null) {
            return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd").parse(generalizedTime.substring(0, 8));
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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