Java String to Date stringToDate(String dateString)

Description

String to Date.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date stringToDate(String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from ww  w  .  j  av a2  s  .c  o  m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2013 University Wuerzburg, Computer Science VI
 * 
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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 */

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

import java.util.LinkedList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * String to Date.
     */
    public static Date stringToDate(String dateString) {
        Date date = null;
        LinkedList<SimpleDateFormat> formats = new LinkedList<>();
        formats.add(new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
        formats.add(new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
        formats.add(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"));
        formats.add(new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm"));

        for (SimpleDateFormat sdf : formats) {
            try {
                date = sdf.parse(dateString);
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                continue;
            }

            break;
        }

        return date;
    }
}

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