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

Description

to Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date toDate(String s, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/* w  ww . ja v a 2s  .  c om*/
 * Copyright (C) 2014 DevPlanter Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the 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 s, String format) {
        if (isEmpty(s)) {
            return null;
        }
        DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        try {
            return df.parse(s);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static boolean isEmpty(String s) {
        if (s == null) {
            return true;
        }
        return s.trim().length() == 0;
    }
}

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4. toDate(String s)
5. toDate(String s)
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7. toDate(String sDate, String sFmt)
8. toDate(String str)
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