Java String to Date stringTodate(String dateString, String format)

Description

Convert string to date.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	the date string
format	the format

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	the parse exception

Return

the date

Declaration

public static Date stringTodate(String dateString, String format) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert string to date.
     *
     * @param dateString the date string
     * @param format the format
     * @return the date
     * @throws ParseException the parse exception
     */
    public static Date stringTodate(String dateString, String format) throws ParseException {
        final DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.US);
        return dateFormat.parse(dateString);
    }
}

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