Java Parse Date parseDateWithPattern(String dateValue, String pattern)

Description

parse Date With Pattern

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date parseDateWithPattern(String dateValue, String pattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  www.  ja  v  a  2  s . c  o  m
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 * (C) Copyright 2009-2014 Manaty SARL (http://manaty.net/) and contributors.
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  
 * This program is not suitable for any direct or indirect application in MILITARY industry
 * See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static Date parseDateWithPattern(String dateValue, String pattern) {
        if (dateValue == null || dateValue.trim().length() == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        Date result = null;

        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);

        try {
            result = sdf.parse(dateValue);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            result = new Date(1);
        }

        return result;
    }
}

Related

1. parseDateValue(String value)
2. parseDateWithFormat(String date, SimpleDateFormat dateFormat, Date defaultDate)
3. parseDateWithLeniency(final String str, final Locale locale, final String[] parsePatterns, final boolean lenient)
4. parseDateWithoutTime(final String date)
5. parseDateWithPattern(Date value, String pattern)
6. parseDateWithTimezone(String dateValue)