Java Timestamp checkTimestamp(String sval)

Description

Timestamp type validation and conversion.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
sval	String representation of desired Timestamp

Return

Calendar instance reflecting string interpreted as Timestamp in ALU_DF format

Declaration

public static Timestamp checkTimestamp(String sval) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   www  .  j  ava  2 s . c  om
 * This file is part of wnmsextract.
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*/

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

import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    public static final DateFormat ALUDB_DF = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

    /**
     * Timestamp type validation and conversion. High overhead but necessary on untrustworty sources
     * @param sval String representation of desired Timestamp
     * @return Calendar instance reflecting string interpreted as Timestamp in {@link com.alcatel_lucent.nz.wnmsextract.database.ALUDBUtilities} ALU_DF format 
     */
    public static Timestamp checkTimestamp(String sval) {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.set(2000, 0, 1);
        Timestamp tval = new Timestamp(cal.getTime().getTime());
        try {
            tval = new Timestamp(ALUDB_DF.parse(sval).getTime());
        } catch (ParseException pe) {
            System.err.println("Timestamp parse exception, def to '2000-01-01' :: " + pe);
        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
            System.err.println("Timestamp format exception, def to '2000-01-01' :: " + nfe);
        }
        return tval;

    }
}

Related

1. calcRealTime(Timestamp beginTime, Timestamp endTime)
2. calendar2Timestamp(Calendar c)
3. calendarToTimestamp(java.util.Calendar inCal)
4. calToTimeStamp(Calendar cal)
5. changeDate(Timestamp date, Integer amount, Integer unit)
6. clone(Timestamp original)
7. concatDateAndTime(Timestamp date, Time time)
8. convertTS2HHMM(Timestamp timeStamp)
9. copyOrCreateTimestampNullsafe(Date date)