Java Parse Date parseDate(String dateString, String pattern)

Description

Parse a date time String according to a supplied pattern.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	e.g. 2009-06-17T00:00:00.000
pattern	e.g. yyyy-mm-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	ParseException, but also IllegalArgumentException

Return

Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT

Declaration

public static long parseDate(String dateString, String pattern) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

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

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    /**//from   ww  w  .  jav a2 s  .  co  m
     * Parse a date time String according to a supplied pattern.
     * @param dateString e.g. 2009-06-17T00:00:00.000
     * @param pattern e.g. yyyy-mm-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS
     * @return Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT 
     * @throws Exception ParseException, but also IllegalArgumentException
     */
    public static long parseDate(String dateString, String pattern) throws Exception {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).parse(dateString).getTime();
    }
}

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