Java String to Date toDate(String date, String format)

Description

Parses the given date according to format and returns it as java.util.Date instance.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	String representation of a date.
format	A date format.

Return

Parsed date instance.

Declaration

public static Date toDate(String date, String format) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w  ww .  j  a  v a 2  s  . c  om*/
 * Copyright (C) 2010 - present, Laszlo Csontos
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 */

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * 
     * Parses the given <code>date</code> according to <code>format</code> and returns
     * it as java.util.Date instance.
     * 
     * @param date String representation of a date. 
     * @param format A date format.
     * @return Parsed date instance.
     */
    public static Date toDate(String date, String format) throws ParseException {
        if (date == null || format == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Neither date, not format can be null!");

        DateFormat timeStampFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        Date result = timeStampFormat.parse(date);

        return result;
    }
}

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