Java String to Date toDate(String datetime)

Description

to Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date toDate(String datetime) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    private static final Date EPOCH = new Date(0);

    public static Date toDate(String datetime) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf;//from ww  w  .j  a  v  a  2s.c  o m

        sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

        sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

        try {
            return sdf.parse(datetime);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return EPOCH;
        }
    }
}

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