Java Parse RFC Date parseRfc822Date(String dt)

Description

parse a string formatted in RFC822 style into a date

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dt	input string

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	pass up any parsing problems

Return

the resulting Date

Declaration

public static Date parseRfc822Date(String dt) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//ww w .  ja  v  a 2s. c o m
 * @(#)TimeUtils.java   0.51 1999/07/14
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2004, Pat Farrell, All rights reserved.
 * based on work Copyright (c) 2000, OneBigCD, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Patrick Farrell   All Rights reserved.
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 * It is abstract because all functions are static
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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /** fixed format for RFC822 date fields */
    public static final SimpleDateFormat rfc822format = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");

    /**
     * parse a string formatted in RFC822 style into a date
     * @param dt input string
     * @return the resulting Date
     * @throws ParseException pass up any parsing problems
     */
    public static Date parseRfc822Date(String dt) throws ParseException {
        Date rval = rfc822format.parse(dt);
        return rval;
    }
}

Related

1. parseRFC3339Date(String datestring)
2. parseRFC822(String dateString)
3. parseRFC822(String sDate, Locale locale)
4. parseRFC822(String str)
5. parseRfc822Date(String dateString)
6. parseRFC822Date(String value)
7. parseRfc822DateTime(String datestr)