Java Parse Date parseDate(String buildDate, SimpleDateFormat dateFormat)

Description

parse Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String buildDate, SimpleDateFormat dateFormat) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w  w w . ja  v  a  2 s .c  o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2013 David Boissier
 *
 * 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
 *
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 */

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

public class Main {
    public static Date parseDate(String buildDate, SimpleDateFormat dateFormat) {
        Date date;
        try {
            date = dateFormat.parse(buildDate);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            System.out.println(
                    "invalid date format: " + buildDate + " with formater '" + dateFormat.toPattern() + "'");
            date = new Date();
        }
        return date;
    }
}

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