Java Parse Date parseDate(String dateValue)

Description

Loops over all the possible date formats and tries to find the right one.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateValue	a parameter

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String dateValue) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

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

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**/*  www.  j  a  va 2 s.  c o m*/
     * Date formats using for Date parsing.
     */
    static final SimpleDateFormat formats[] = {
            new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'", Locale.US),
            new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz", Locale.US),
            new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.sss'Z'", Locale.US),
            new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ", Locale.US),
            new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy", Locale.US),
            new SimpleDateFormat("EEEEEE, dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss zzz",
                    Locale.US),
            new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy", Locale.US) };

    /**
     * Loops over all the possible date formats and tries to find the right one.
     * @param dateValue
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String dateValue) {
        if (dateValue == null)
            return null;

        Date date = null;
        for (int i = 0; (date == null) && (i < formats.length); i++) {
            try {
                synchronized (formats[i]) {
                    date = formats[i].parse(dateValue);
                }
            } catch (ParseException e) {
            }
        }

        return date;
    }
}

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