Java String to Date toDate(DateFormat format, String value)

Description

to Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date toDate(DateFormat format, String value) 

Method Source Code

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import java.text.DateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static Date toDate(DateFormat format, String value) {
        return toDate(format, value, null);
    }

    public static Date toDate(DateFormat format, String value, Date defaultValue) {
        if (value != null) {
            try {
                return format.parse(value);
            } catch (Exception ex) {
            }
        }
        return defaultValue;
    }
}

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6. toDate(final Long date, final String pattern)
7. toDate(final String _text, final String _dateFormat)
8. toDate(final String date, final String time)
9. toDate(final String dateString, final String format)