Android Utililty Methods Date String Parse

List of utility methods to do Date String Parse

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Description

The list of methods to do Date String Parse are organized into topic(s).

Method

DateparseDateStrictly(String str, String... parsePatterns)

Parses a string representing a date by trying a variety of different parsers.

The parse will try each parse pattern in turn. 

return parseDateWithLeniency(str, parsePatterns, false);
DateparseDateTime(String dateString)
parse Date Time, "E MMM d HH:mm:ss Z yyyy" 
try {
    Log.v(TAG, String.format("in parseDateTime, dateString=%s",
            dateString));
    return TWITTER_DATE_FORMATTER.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    Log.w(TAG, "Could not parse Twitter date string: " + dateString);
    return null;
DateparseDateWithLeniency(String str, String[] parsePatterns, boolean lenient)

Parses a string representing a date by trying a variety of different parsers.

The parse will try each parse pattern in turn. 

if (str == null || parsePatterns == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
            "Date and Patterns must not be null");
SimpleDateFormat parser = new SimpleDateFormat();
parser.setLenient(lenient);
ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
for (String parsePattern : parsePatterns) {
...
DateparseLongFormat(String dateString)
parse Long Format 
return parse(dateString, LOCAL_LONG_DATE_FORMAT);
DateparseSearchApiDateTime(String dateString)
parse Search Api Date Time, "E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z" 
try {
    return TWITTER_SEARCH_API_DATE_FORMATTER.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    Log.w(TAG, "Could not parse Twitter search date string: "
            + dateString);
    return null;
CalendarparseString(String dateStr)
parse String 
return parseString(dateStr, DEFAULTFORMAT);
CalendarparseString(String dateStr, String pattern)
parse String 
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
Date date = sdf.parse(dateStr);
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTime(date);
return calendar;
DateparseStringToDate(String str)
parse String To Date 
return parseDate(str, "yyyyMMddHHmm");
DateparseTM(String s, boolean end)
Parses a value that has a TM VR as a Date . 
if (s == null || s.length() == 0) {
    return null;
Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar();
c.clear();
if (end) {
    setTo2359(c);
parseTM(c, s, 0, s.length());
return c.getTime();
DateparseDate(String date)
parse Date 
try {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
            DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT);
    return dateFormat.parse(date);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return new Date();
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