Java Utililty Methods String to Date

List of utility methods to do String to Date

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Method

DatetoDate(String date, String format)
Parses the given date according to format and returns it as java.util.Date instance. 
if (date == null || format == null)
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Neither date, not format can be null!");
DateFormat timeStampFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
Date result = timeStampFormat.parse(date);
return result;
DatetoDate(String date, String format)
to Date 
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.set(Calendar.YEAR, 0);
c.set(Calendar.MONTH, 0);
c.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
c.set(Calendar.HOUR, 12);
c.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
c.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
...
DatetoDate(String dateStr)
This function is use to convert string date format to data format 
return toDate(dateStr, null);
DatetoDate(String dateStr)
to Date 
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
try {
    return sdf.parse(dateStr);
} catch (Exception e) {
    return null;
DatetoDate(String dateStr, String format)
to Date 
return getSimpleDateFormat(format).parse(dateStr);
DatetoDate(String dateStr, String pattern)
to Date 
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
try {
    return sdf.parse(dateStr);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    return null;
DatetoDate(String dateString)
Attempts to convert a String representation of a date to a java.util.Date object. 
Date date = null;
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
try {
    df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
    date = df.parse(dateString);
} catch (Exception e) {
    try {
        df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
...
DatetoDate(String dateString)
to Date 
if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(dateString)) {
    return null;
try {
    return DATE_FORMAT.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
DatetoDate(String dateString)
to Date 
DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");
format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
return format.parse(dateString);
DatetoDate(String dateString, Locale locale)
This method parses a @param String dateString to a Date 
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL, locale);
Date d = df.parse(dateString, new ParsePosition(0));
return d;