Java Parse Date parseDate(String gameDate)

Description

parse Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

private static Date parseDate(String gameDate) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private static final SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMATTER = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");

    private static Date parseDate(String gameDate) throws ParseException {
        if (gameDate == null) {
            throw new ParseException("gameDate cannot be null.", 0);
        }
        if (gameDate.length() != 8) {
            throw new ParseException(gameDate + " must be of length 8, not " + gameDate.length(),
                    gameDate.length() < 8 ? gameDate.length() : gameDate.length() - 8);
        }

        return DATE_FORMATTER.parse(gameDate);
    }
}

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