Android Date String Parse parse(String dateStr)

Description

Converts the given string into a java.util.Date object using the defined default format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateStr	a string representing a date

Return

the Date object created from the date string, or null if format incorrect.

Declaration

public static Date parse(String dateStr) 

Method Source Code

import android.util.Log;
import com.archee.picturedownloader.PictureDownloader;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main{
    public static final SimpleDateFormat DEFAULT_FORMATTER = new SimpleDateFormat(
            DEFAULT_FORMAT);/*from w  w w  .  j a v a  2  s.co m*/
    /**
     * Converts the given string into a java.util.Date object using the defined default format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm
     * @param dateStr a string representing a date
     * @return the Date object created from the date string, or null if format incorrect.
     */
    public static Date parse(String dateStr) {
        Date parsedDate;

        try {
            parsedDate = DEFAULT_FORMATTER.parse(dateStr);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            Log.e(PictureDownloader.TAG, "Error parsing date string: "
                    + dateStr + " - returning current date...");
            parsedDate = new Date();
        }

        return parsedDate;
    }
}

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