Java SQL Date Parse stringToDate(final String dateString)

Description

string To Date

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	a parameter

Return

the timestamp

Declaration

private static Date stringToDate(final String dateString) 

Method Source Code

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import java.sql.Timestamp;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param dateString
     * @return the timestamp
     */
    private static Date stringToDate(final String dateString) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        Date date = null;

        try {
            date = sdf.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException e1) {
            try {
                date = Timestamp.valueOf(dateString);
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
                try {
                    date = DateFormat.getDateInstance().parse(dateString);
                } catch (ParseException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }

        return date;
    }
}

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8. stringToDate(String dateStr)
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