Java String to Date stringToDate(final String str, final String dateFormat)

Description

string To Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date stringToDate(final String str, final String dateFormat) 

Method Source Code

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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    public static final String SIMPLE_DATE_FORMAT_HU = "yyyy.MM.dd";
    public static final String DATE_FORMAT_HU = "yyyy. MMMMM dd.";

    public static Date stringToDate(final String str, final String dateFormat) {
        return stringToDate(str, dateFormat, Locale.getDefault());
    }

    public static Date stringToDate(final String str, final String dateFormat, final Locale locale) {
        if (str == null || str.trim().isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            return dateFormatter(dateFormat, locale).parse(str);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static Date stringToDate(final String str) {
        return stringToDate(str, SIMPLE_DATE_FORMAT_HU);
    }

    private static SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter(String dateFormat) {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
    }

    private static SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter(String dateFormat, Locale locale) {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat, locale);
    }

    private static SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter(boolean simple) {
        return dateFormatter(simple ? SIMPLE_DATE_FORMAT_HU : DATE_FORMAT_HU);
    }
}

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