Java Parse Date parseDate(String str, String[] parsePatterns)

Description

parse Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String str, String[] parsePatterns) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static Date parseDate(String str, String[] parsePatterns) {
        if (str == null || parsePatterns == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Date and Patterns must not be null");
        }
        SimpleDateFormat parser = null;
        ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
        for (int i = 0; i < parsePatterns.length; i++) {
            if (i == 0) {
                parser = new SimpleDateFormat(parsePatterns[0]);
            } else {
                parser.applyPattern(parsePatterns[i]);
            }
            pos.setIndex(0);
            Date date = parser.parse(str, pos);
            if (date != null && pos.getIndex() == str.length()) {
                return date;
            }
        }
        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to parse the date: " + str);
    }
}

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