Java String to Date toDate(String dateString)

Description

to Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date toDate(String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import com.google.common.base.Strings;

public class Main {
    private static final SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

    public static Date toDate(String dateString) {
        if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(dateString)) {
            return null;
        }// w  w  w  .j a  v a  2s  . c  o  m
        try {
            return DATE_FORMAT.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}

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