Java Parse Date Pattern YYYY parseToDateLenient(final String date, final String format, final boolean lenient)

Description

Parses the String date to a date object.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	The Date as String
format	The Format for the Date to parse
lenient	Specify whether or not date/time interpretation is to be lenient.

Return

The formated Date or null.

Declaration

public static Date parseToDateLenient(final String date, final String format, final boolean lenient) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from  w w w . j  a  v a2  s.  com
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Asterios Raptis
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Parses the String date to a date object. For example: USA-Format is : yyyy-MM-dd
     *
     * @param date
     *            The Date as String
     * @param format
     *            The Format for the Date to parse
     * @param lenient
     *            Specify whether or not date/time interpretation is to be lenient.
     * @return The formated Date or null.
     */
    public static Date parseToDateLenient(final String date, final String format, final boolean lenient) {
        if (date == null || format == null || format.length() <= 0) {
            return null;
        }
        final DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        df.setLenient(lenient);
        Date parsedDate = null;
        try {
            parsedDate = df.parse(date);
        } catch (final ParseException e) {
            // ignore...
        }
        return parsedDate;
    }
}

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