Java Parse RFC Date parse(String rfc1123Date)

Description

parse

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
rfc1123Date	date and time in RFC-1123 format (e.g. "Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT")

Return

the parsed date

Declaration

public static Date parse(String rfc1123Date) 

Method Source Code

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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    private static final String PATTERN_RFC1123 = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz";
    private static final TimeZone GMT_TIME_ZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");

    /**
     * @param rfc1123Date date and time in RFC-1123 format (e.g. "Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT")
     * @return the parsed date
     */
    public static Date parse(String rfc1123Date) {
        try {
            return getDateFormat().parse(rfc1123Date);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to parse date from string " + rfc1123Date, e);
        }
    }

    private static DateFormat getDateFormat() {
        SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(PATTERN_RFC1123, Locale.US);
        df.setTimeZone(GMT_TIME_ZONE);
        return df;
    }
}

Related

1. parseRFC1123(String string)
2. parseRFC2822Date(String encoded, Date fallback)
3. parseRfc2822DateToString(final Date rfcDate)
4. parseRfc3339Calendar(String value)