Java Parse Date parseDate(String s, String format)

Description

Utility method to parse a date in the given format

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	the string to parse
format	the date format

Return

a Date representing the date in the passed format

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String s, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**//from ww  w. j  av  a  2  s . c o m
     * Utility method to parse a date in the given format
     * @param s the string to parse
     * @param format the date format
     * @return a Date representing the date in the passed format
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String s, String format) {
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        try {
            return df.parse(s);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Cannot parse " + s + " into a date using format " + format);
        }
    }
}

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