Java SQL Time parseDate(String datetime, String format)

Description

Create a Date (time) from a String, returns null on failure
Example: Timestamp t = Utils.parseDate("23-06-1975 6:08 AM", "dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm a");

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
datetime	the date as formatted string
format	the format to be used

Return

the Timestamp object

Declaration

public static Timestamp parseDate(String datetime, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.sql.Timestamp;

import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Create a Date (time) from a String, returns null on failure<br>
     * Example: Timestamp t = Utils.parseDate("23-06-1975 6:08 AM", "dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm a"); <br>
     *
     * @param datetime the date as formatted string
     * @param format the format to be used
     * @return the Timestamp object
     * @see java.text.SimpleDateFormat
     */
    public static Timestamp parseDate(String datetime, String format) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        Date d = sdf.parse(datetime, new ParsePosition(0));
        return new Timestamp(d.getTime());
    }
}

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