Java Date from String getDateFromString(String s)

Description

get Date From String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static long getDateFromString(String s) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    public static long getDateFromString(String s) {
        int day, month, year;
        int i = s.indexOf('/');
        if (i < 0)
            return 0;
        try {//from   ww w.j a  v a2  s. c o  m
            day = Integer.parseInt(s.substring(0, i));
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            return 0;
        }
        int j = s.indexOf('/', i + 1);
        try {
            month = Integer.parseInt(s.substring(i + 1, j));
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            return 0;
        }
        try {
            year = Integer.parseInt(s.substring(j + 1));
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            return 0;
        }
        Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
        c.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
        c.set(Calendar.MONTH, month - 1);
        c.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, day);
        resetHours(c);
        return c.getTimeInMillis();
    }

    public static void resetHours(Calendar c) {
        c.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
        c.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
        c.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
        c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
    }
}

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