Example usage for org.apache.commons.lang3.time DateUtils parseDate

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In this page you can find the example usage for org.apache.commons.lang3.time DateUtils parseDate.

Prototype

public static Date parseDate(final String str, final Locale locale, final String... parsePatterns)
        throws ParseException 

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Parses a string representing a date by trying a variety of different parsers, using the default date format symbols for the given locale.

The parse will try each parse pattern in turn.

Usage

From source file:com.stratelia.webactiv.util.DateUtil.java

/**
 * Parses the specified ISO 8601 formatted date and returns it as a Date instance.
 * @param date the date to parse (must satisfy one of the following pattern yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm or
 * yyyy-MM-dd)./*from   w ww .j  a v  a  2s.  c o m*/
 * @return a date object, resulting of the parsing.
 * @throws ParseException if the specified date is not in the one of the expected formats.
 */
public static Date parseISO8601Date(final String date) throws ParseException {
    return DateUtils.parseDate(date, ISO8601DATE_FORMATTER.getPattern(), ISO8601DAY_FORMATTER.getPattern());
}

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From source file:uk.gov.gchq.koryphe.util.DateUtilTest.java

private void assertDate(final String expected, final String testDate, final String format)
        throws ParseException {
    assertEquals("Failed to parse date: " + testDate,
            DateUtils.parseDate(expected, Locale.getDefault(), format), DateUtil.parse(testDate));
}

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