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

Description

to Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date toDate(String dateString, String format) 

Method Source Code

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

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

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static Date toDate(String str) {
        if (null == str || str.trim().isEmpty()) {
            return null;
        }//  w  ww  .  j a  v  a2  s.  c o m
        try {
            DateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
            return fmt.parse(str);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static Date toDate(String dateString, String format) {
        try {
            DateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
            return fmt.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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7. toDate(String dateToConvert)
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