Java SQL Time parseCalendar(final TimeZone timezone, final Locale locale, final String dateformat, final String datestring)

Description

Parse a Date string into a Calendar according to the specified Date format, for the specified TimeZone and Locale.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
timezone	a parameter
locale	a parameter
dateformat	a parameter
datestring	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	an exception

Return

Calendar

Declaration

public static Calendar parseCalendar(final TimeZone timezone,
        final Locale locale, final String dateformat,
        final String datestring) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /***********************************************************************************************
     * Parse a Date string into a Calendar according to the specified Date format,
     * for the specified TimeZone and Locale.
     */*w  w w.ja v a2 s .c om*/
     * @param timezone
     * @param locale
     * @param dateformat
     * @param datestring
     *
     * @return Calendar
     *
     * @throws ParseException
     */

    public static Calendar parseCalendar(final TimeZone timezone,
            final Locale locale, final String dateformat,
            final String datestring) throws ParseException {
        final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat;
        final GregorianCalendar calendar;
        final java.sql.Date date;

        // ToDo Consider ThreadLocal
        dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(dateformat, locale);
        dateFormat.setTimeZone(timezone);
        date = new java.sql.Date(dateFormat.parse(datestring).getTime());

        // Take the Date via a calendar to avoid any incomprehensible changes...
        calendar = new GregorianCalendar(timezone, locale);
        calendar.setTimeInMillis(date.getTime());

        return (calendar);
    }
}

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