Java String to Date stringToDate(String date)

Description

Formats a date given as a string in a stringobject allowed dates are

"yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm" "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm" "yyyy/MM/dd" "yyyy-MM-dd"

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	to convert

Return

date object

Declaration

public static Date stringToDate(String date) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

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

public class Main {
    /**//from   w ww  .j a v  a  2 s  .  co  m
     * Formats a date given as a string in a stringobject
     * allowed dates are
     * <p/>
     * "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm"
     * "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"
     * "yyyy/MM/dd"
     * "yyyy-MM-dd"
     *
     * @param date to convert
     * @return date object
     */
    public static Date stringToDate(String date) throws ParseException {
        String pattern;
        if (date.contains("/") && date.contains(":")) {
            pattern = "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm";
        } else if (date.contains("/") && !date.contains(":")) {
            pattern = "yyyy/MM/dd";
        } else if (date.contains("-") && date.contains(":")) {
            pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm";
        } else if (date.contains("-") && !date.contains(":")) {
            pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";
        } else {
            pattern = "dd.mm.yyyy";
        }

        return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern).parse(date);
    }
}

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