Java Parse Date parseDate(final String dateString)

Description

This method parses a Date from a string with the format dd.MM.yyyy kk:mm.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	a parameter

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(final String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**/*w w  w  . ja  v  a2  s  . c o m*/
     * This method parses a {@link Date} from a string with the format
     * dd.MM.yyyy kk:mm.
     * 
     * @param dateString
     * @return
     */
    public static Date parseDate(final String dateString) {
        Date date = null;
        DateFormat formatter;
        try {
            formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
            date = formatter.parse(dateString);
        } catch (final ParseException d) {
            try {
                formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                        "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
                date = formatter.parse(dateString);
            } catch (final ParseException e) {
                try {
                    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                            "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS");
                    date = formatter.parse(dateString);
                } catch (final ParseException f) {
                    try {
                        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                                "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
                        date = formatter.parse(dateString);
                    } catch (final ParseException g) {
                        try {
                            formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                                    "yyyy-MM-dd' 'HH:mm:ss");
                            date = formatter.parse(dateString);
                        } catch (final ParseException h) {
                            try {
                                formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                                        "dd-MM-yyyy' 'HH:mm:ss");
                                date = formatter.parse(dateString);
                            } catch (final ParseException i) {
                                try {
                                    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                                            "yyyy-MM-dd");
                                    date = formatter.parse(dateString);
                                } catch (final ParseException j) {
                                    try {
                                        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                                                "dd.MM.yyyy kk:mm");
                                        date = formatter.parse(dateString);

                                    } catch (final ParseException k) {
                                        try {
                                            // Aug 6, 2014 3:52:29 PM
                                            formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                                                    "MMM d, yyyy h:mm:ss a");
                                            date = formatter
                                                    .parse(dateString);
                                        } catch (final ParseException l) {
                                            try {
                                                // 2013-07-14T23:30:59+02:00
                                                formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                                                        "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX");
                                                date = formatter
                                                        .parse(dateString);
                                            } catch (final ParseException m) {
                                                // System.out.println("hpi.eap.DateUtils - date not parseable: "
                                                // + dateString);
                                                try {
                                                    long longDate = Long
                                                            .parseLong(dateString);
                                                    date = new Date(
                                                            longDate * 1000);
                                                } catch (final NumberFormatException n) {
                                                    n.printStackTrace();
                                                }
                                            }
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return date;
    }
}

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