Java Parse Date parseDate(String date)

Description

Parses a date of the form 1969-12-31T21:00:00-03:00, or 2008-02-13T18:54:29.147-03:00.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the string to parse

Return

the corresponding date, or null if t

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private static final SimpleDateFormat dateFormatMil = new SimpleDateFormat(
            "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
    private static final SimpleDateFormat dateFormatNoMil = new SimpleDateFormat(
            "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");

    /**
     * Parses a date of the form 1969-12-31T21:00:00-03:00, or 2008-02-13T18:54:29.147-03:00.
     * If the string is null or there is a problem parsing the date, returns null.
     *
     * @param date the string to parse
     * @return the corresponding date, or null if t
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String date) {
        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        }
        // REST writes dates time zone with ':', somthing like -3:00
        // to parse it they should be removed
        int index = date.lastIndexOf(":");
        date = date.substring(0, index) + date.substring(index + 1);
        Date d = null;
        try {
            if (date.length() == 24) {
                d = dateFormatNoMil.parse(date);
            } else {
                d = dateFormatMil.parse(date);
            }
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            // can't parse it, return null
        }
        return d;
    }
}

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