Java Parse Date parseDate(String dateString)

Description

Go over all date formats and try to format the given date string

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	if no format matches

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String dateString) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static final String[] DATE_FORMATS = new String[] { "dd/MM/yy, HH:mm:ss", "EEE MMM d hh:mm:ss z yyyy" };

    /**//from   www.ja  v  a 2 s  . c  o m
     * Go over all date formats and try to format the given date string
     * @param dateString   
     * @return
     * @throws ParseException   if no format matches
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String dateString) throws ParseException {
        ParseException exception = null;
        for (String format : DATE_FORMATS) {
            try {
                return new SimpleDateFormat(format).parse(dateString);
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                exception = e;
            }
        }
        throw exception;
    }
}

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