Java Parse Date parseDateString(String s)

Description

Converts string to a date

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	Date string in format MM/dd/yy

Return

date representation of this string

Declaration

static public Date parseDateString(String s) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/***/*from  w w w .j  a va 2  s .c  o  m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2008, Endless Loop Software, Inc.
 * 
 * This file is part of EgoNet.
 * 
 * EgoNet is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * EgoNet 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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>Converts string to a date</p>
     * @param s Date string in format MM/dd/yy
     * @return date representation of this string
     */
    static public Date parseDateString(String s) throws ParseException {
        return parseDateString(s, "MM/dd/yy");
    }

    /**
     * <p>Converts string to a date</p>
     * @param s Date string in format MM/dd/yy
     * @return date representation of this string
     */
    static public Date parseDateString(String s, String format) throws ParseException {
        Date d = null;

        if ((s != null) && (s.length() >= 6)) {
            try {
                SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
                d = formatter.parse(s);
            } catch (ParseException ignore) {
            }
        }
        return (d);
    }
}

Related

1. parseDates(String query)
2. parseDateStrFormat(String strDate)
3. parseDateString(String dateStr)
4. parseDateString(String dateString)
5. parseDateString(String pattern, String dateString)
6. parseDateString(TimeZone tz, String dateString)
7. parseDateStringToDate(DateFormat format, String dateString)
8. parseDateStrShort(String date)
9. parseDateSubset(String value, String[] parsePatterns, Locale l, TimeZone tz)