Java Parse Date parseDate(String sDate, SimpleDateFormat _dateFormat)

Description

parse Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static java.util.Date parseDate(String sDate, SimpleDateFormat _dateFormat) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/* /*from  w w w.  ja  va  2s .  c om*/
 *  Copyright (C) 2013 Royall & Company
*
*  JSON DTD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
*  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
*  Free Software Foundation,version 3.
*  
 *  JSON DTD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
*  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
*  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
*  GNU General Public License for more details.
*  
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
*  along with JSON DTD.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
*  
 *  Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7
*  
 *  If you modify this Program, or any covered work, by linking or combining 
 *  it with any of the JARS listed in the README.txt (or a modified version of 
 *  (that library), containing parts covered by the terms of that JAR, the 
 *  licensors of this Program grant you additional permission to convey the 
 *  resulting work. 
 *  
*/

import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    public static java.util.Date parseDate(String sDate, SimpleDateFormat _dateFormat) {
        sDate = (sDate != null) ? sDate.trim() : null;

        /* if the date is null or empty, no point in going forward */
        if (sDate == null || sDate.length() == 0)
            return null;

        ParsePosition pp;
        java.util.Date d = null;

        try {
            pp = new ParsePosition(0);
            d = _dateFormat.parse(sDate, pp);
            if (pp.getIndex() != sDate.length()) {
                d = null;
            }
        } catch (Exception ex1) {
            return null;
        }
        return d;
    }
}

Related

1. parseDate(String s, String format)
2. parseDate(String sDate)
3. parseDate(String sDate)
4. parseDate(String sDate)
5. parseDate(String sDate, Locale locale)
6. parseDate(String sDate, String sFormat)
7. parseDate(String sDate, String sSourceFormat, String sDestinationFormat)
8. parseDate(String sdate, String timeFormat, String timeZone)
9. parseDate(String sDateTime, String sPattern)