Java Parse Date parseDate(String dateOfString, String targetFormat)

Description

parse Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String dateOfString, String targetFormat) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {

    public static Date parseDate(String dateOfString, String targetFormat) {
        if (dateOfString == null || dateOfString.trim().equals("")) {
            return null;
        }//from   w ww  .  ja  va 2  s.  co m
        if (dateOfString != null && dateOfString.length() > 19) {
            dateOfString = dateOfString.substring(0, 19);
        }
        //      String format = DateUtil.getPattern(targetFormat);
        if (targetFormat == null) {
            return null;
        }
        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(targetFormat);
        Date date = null;
        try {
            date = simpleDateFormat.parse(dateOfString);
            simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(targetFormat);
            date = simpleDateFormat.parse(simpleDateFormat.format(date));
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return date;
    }
}

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