Java Parse Time parseTime(String str)

Description

Parse the time from a string and return it.

License

Open Source License

Return

an initialized object or null if it can't parse the time. (It does not throw ParseException)

Declaration

static public Date parseTime(String str) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/* The DateUtil utility provides several workhorse methods that
 * use Java's formatters to parse and format dates, times, etc.
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import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /** Parse the time from a string and return it. This method tries
     *  all the formats supported by {@link DateFormat} (FULL, LONG,
     *  MEDIUM, and SHORT in that order).
     *  @return an initialized {@link java.util.Date} object or
     *  <code>null</code> if it can't parse the time.
     *  (It does not throw <code>ParseException</code>)
     */
    static public Date parseTime(String str) {
        // assert str != null;

        Date date = null;
        try {
            date = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL).parse(str);
        } catch (ParseException pel) {
            try {
                date = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG).parse(str);
            } catch (ParseException pe2) {
                try {
                    date = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM).parse(str);
                } catch (ParseException pe3) {
                    try {
                        date = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT).parse(str);
                    } catch (ParseException pe4) {
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return date;
    }
}

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