Here you can find the source of getDate(Object object)
public static Date getDate(Object object)
//package com.java2s; /*//ww w .j av a2 s . com * Copyright (c) 2013, OpenCloudDB/MyCAT and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software;Designed and Developed mainly by many Chinese * opensource volunteers. you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as published by the * Free Software Foundation. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Any questions about this component can be directed to it's project Web address * https://code.google.com/p/opencloudb/. * */ import java.sql.Timestamp; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static Date getDate(Object object) { Date date = null; try { SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"); SimpleDateFormat format2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm"); SimpleDateFormat format3 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); if (object instanceof String) { try { date = format.parse((String) object); } catch (Exception e) { try { date = format2.parse((String) object); } catch (Exception ee) { date = format3.parse((String) object); } } } else if (object instanceof java.util.Date) { date = (Date) object; } else if (object instanceof Timestamp) { date = (Date) object; } else { date = new java.util.Date(); } } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return date; } }