Java Parse Date parseDate(String dateString)

Description

parse Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String dateString) 

Method Source Code

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

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

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    private static final TimeZone GMT = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
    private static final String DATE_PATTERN = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz";

    public static Date parseDate(String dateString) {
        if (dateString == null) {
            return null;
        }//from   w ww. j  a v  a 2s.co  m

        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_PATTERN, Locale.US);
        format.setTimeZone(GMT);
        try {
            return format.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException ignore) {
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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