Java String to Date StringToDate(String thisdate, Locale locale)

Description

String To Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date StringToDate(String thisdate, Locale locale) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Date;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    public static Date StringToDate(String thisdate, Locale locale) {
        if (thisdate == null || thisdate.trim().length() == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = (SimpleDateFormat) SimpleDateFormat.getDateInstance();
        sdf.applyPattern("dd-MM-yyyy");
        java.util.Date soughtDate = null;
        try {
            soughtDate = sdf.parse(thisdate);
        } catch (Exception pe2) {
            return null;
        }
        return soughtDate;
    }
}

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