Java Parse Date parseDate(String dateValue, String strFormat)

Description

parse Date

License

LGPL

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String dateValue, String strFormat) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from   w  ww . j av  a2 s .  c o  m
 * Core-level framework class: String and Date basic utility methods.
 * <br><br>
 * Encapsulates utility methods for everyday programming tasks
 * with Strings, Dates and other common stuff.
 * <br>
 * Creation date: 18/09/2003<br>
 * Last Update: 18/09/2003<br>
 * (c) 2003 Martin Cordova<br>
 * This code is released under the LGPL license<br>
 * @author Martin Cordova (some code written by Carlos Pineda)
 */

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {

    public static Date parseDate(String dateValue, String strFormat) {

        if (dateValue == null)
            return null;

        if (strFormat == null)
            strFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd";

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

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

        return newDate;
    }
}

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