Java String to Date toDate(final String _text, final String _dateFormat)

Description

Convert a string into a date type.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
_text	The string to parse.
_dateForamt	A format like <code>yyyy-MM-dd HH24:MI:ss</code>

Return

The date object.

Declaration

public static Date toDate(final String _text, final String _dateFormat) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";

    /**
     * Convert a string into a date type. Throws a runtime exception if string
     * is unparseable.
     * 
     * @param _text
     *            The string to parse.
     * 
     * @return The date object.
     */
    public static Date toDate(final String _text) {
        return (toDate(_text, DATE_FORMAT));
    }

    /**
     * Convert a string into a date type. Throws a runtime exception if string
     * is not to parse.
     * 
     * @param _text
     *            The string to parse.
     * 
     * @param _dateForamt
     *            A format like <code>yyyy-MM-dd HH24:MI:ss</code>
     * 
     * @return The date object.
     */
    public static Date toDate(final String _text, final String _dateFormat) {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(_dateFormat);
        try {
            return formatter.parse(_text);
        } catch (ParseException ex) {
            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
        }
    }
}

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6. toDate(final String date, final String time)
7. toDate(final String dateString, final String format)
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