Java Parse Date Pattern YYYY parseStringForDate(String dateString)

Description

parse String For Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

private static Date parseStringForDate(String dateString) 

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 {
    private static Date parseStringForDate(String dateString) {
        //Since there is no way to know the TimeZone of the document, will assume the time zone of the end-user.

        String[] dateFormats = new String[] { "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm",
                "yyyy-MM-dd" };

        for (int i = 0; i < dateFormats.length; i++) {
            Date date = attemptParse(dateString, dateFormats[i]);
            if (date != null) {
                return date;
            }//from  w  w w .  j a  v  a2  s . c om
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * An attempt to parse the dateString. Will return null if it cannot be parsed.
     * @param dateString
     * @param dateFormat
     * @return
     */
    private static Date attemptParse(String dateString, String dateFormat) {
        try {
            SimpleDateFormat format;
            if (dateFormat != null) {
                format = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
            } else {
                format = new SimpleDateFormat();
            }
            Date parsedDate = format.parse(dateString);
            return parsedDate;
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            ;
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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2. parseString2Long(String strDate)
3. parseStringAsDate(String pattern, String value)
4. parseStringDate(String dateAsString)
5. parseStringDateToRmFormat(String date)
6. parseStringToCalendar(String strDate)
7. parseStringToDate(final String pDate, final String... pFormat)
8. parseStringToDate(String date)
9. parseStringToDate(String dateString)