Java Parse Date ParseDate(String string, String format)

Description

Tries to parse string into a Date(+time), using given format.

License

Open Source License

Return

null if parsing fails

Declaration

static private Date ParseDate(String string, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.util.*;

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

public class Main {
    /** Tries to parse string into a Date(+time), using given format. 
     * @return null if parsing fails//w w  w .  j  a va2s. c om
     */
    static private Date ParseDate(String string, String format) {
        try {
            return new SimpleDateFormat(format).parse(string);
        } catch (ParseException exc) {
        } // OK, 'expected' exception 
        return null;
    }
}

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