Java Parse Date parseDate(String dateVal)

Description

Parse string to date with default pattern yyyy-MM-dd

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateVal	string value

Return

date converted from @param dateVal with default pattern

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String dateVal) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w w w  .  j  a v  a2s  . c o  m
 * File: $RCSfile$
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH,
 * Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1, 33106 Paderborn, Germany
 * All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This software is the confidential and proprietary information
 * of Wincor Nixdorf ("Confidential Information"). You shall not
 * disclose such Confidential Information and shall use it only in
 * accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered
 * into with Wincor Nixdorf.
 */

import java.util.Date;

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Parse string to date with specified pattern
     *
     * @param dateVal     string value
     * @param datePattern date pattern
     * @return date converted from @param dateVal with @param datePattern
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String dateVal, String datePattern) {
        Date dateFormatted = null;
        try {
            DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(datePattern);
            dateFormatted = dateFormat.parse(dateVal);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return dateFormatted;
    }

    /**
     * Parse string to date with default pattern                        yyyy-MM-dd
     *
     * @param dateVal string value
     * @return date converted from @param dateVal with default pattern
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String dateVal) {
        return parseDate(dateVal, "yyyy-MM-dd");
    }
}

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