Java Parse Date parseDate(Object str)

Description

parse Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(Object str) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

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

public class Main {
    private static String[] parsePatterns = { "yyyy-MM-dd", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm", "yyyy-MM",
            "yyyy/MM/dd", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm", "yyyy/MM", "yyyy.MM.dd", "yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss",
            "yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm", "yyyy.MM" };

    public static Date parseDate(Object str) {
        if (str == null) {
            return null;
        }/*from   w w  w.ja va2 s . co  m*/
        try {
            return new SimpleDateFormat(parsePatterns[0]).parse(str.toString());
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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4. parseDate(Map obj, String field, String format)
5. parseDate(Object o)
6. parseDate(Object val)
7. parseDate(SimpleDateFormat parser, String str, String[] parsePatterns)
8. parseDate(String _dateString)
9. parseDate(String actual, DateFormat format, Pattern pattern)