Here you can find the source of toDate(String s)
public static Date toDate(String s)
//package com.java2s; /**// w ww. j av a2 s . c o m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.sql.Date; public class Main { /** * Convert String to Date */ public static Date toDate(String s) { int len = s.length(); if (len >= 10) { int c4 = s.charAt(4); int c7 = s.charAt(7); // YYYY-MM-DD if (c4 == '-' && c7 == '-') { return Date.valueOf(s.substring(0, 10)); } } return null; } }