Android String to Date Convert getDateFromString(String dateString)

Description

get Date From String, "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZZ yyyy"

Declaration

public static Date getDateFromString(String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static SimpleDateFormat sf = new SimpleDateFormat(
            "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZZ yyyy");

    public static Date getDateFromString(String dateString) {
        sf.setLenient(true);//ww w.  java  2s.co  m
        Date date = null;
        try {
            date = sf.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return date;
    }
}

Related

1. convertStringToDate(String date)