Java Parse Date parseDate(String dateValue)

Description

Parse a string and return a date value

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateValue	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	an exception

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String dateValue) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static final String C_TIME_PATTON_DEFAULT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
    public static final String C_DATE_PATTON_DEFAULT = "yyyy-MM-dd";

    /**/* w w  w .j a va 2 s . com*/
     * Parse a string and return a date value
     *
     * @param dateValue
     * @return
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String dateValue) {
        return parseDate(C_DATE_PATTON_DEFAULT, dateValue);
    }

    /**
     * Parse a string and return the date value in the specified format
     *
     * @param strFormat
     * @param dateValue
     * @return
     * @throws ParseException
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String strFormat, String dateValue) {
        if (dateValue == null)
            return null;

        if (strFormat == null)
            strFormat = C_TIME_PATTON_DEFAULT;

        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(strFormat);
        Date newDate = null;

        try {
            newDate = dateFormat.parse(dateValue);
        } catch (Exception pe) {
            newDate = null;
        }

        return newDate;
    }
}

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