Java Utililty Methods Date Parse

List of utility methods to do Date Parse

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Description

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

Method

DategetDateFromStr(String inputDate, String inputFormatStr)
get Date From Str 
java.text.SimpleDateFormat formatterInput = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(inputFormatStr);
try {
    return formatterInput.parse(inputDate);
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return null;
DategetDateFromString(final String dateStr, final String pattern)
get Date From String 
final String METHOD_NAME = "getDatefromString";
final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
Date date = null;
try {
    date = dateFormat.parse(dateStr);
} catch (final Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return date;
DategetDateFromString(final String dateString, final String dateFormatString)
Takes a date in string format and a date format string and returns a Date 
try {
    return parseExact(dateString, dateFormatString);
} catch (final ParseException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Date could not be parsed in the specified format: " + dateFormatString
            + " - " + e.getMessage());
DategetDateFromString(final String inputStringDate, final String format)
get Date From String 
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
try {
    calendar.setTime(dateFormat.parse(inputStringDate));
} catch (ParseException e) {
    System.err.println("Error parsing date " + e.getMessage());
    return null;
return calendar.getTime();
DategetDateFromString(String _date, String _format)
Convert a string to a specific format Date 
Date _return = null;
if (_date == null) {
    return _return;
try {
    SimpleDateFormat date_format = new SimpleDateFormat(_format);
    _return = date_format.parse(_date);
} catch (java.text.ParseException e) {
...
DategetDateFromString(String date)
Parses a date string. 
return sdfjd.parse(date);
DategetDateFromString(String date, String fmt)
get Date From String 
if (date == null || date.trim().length() == 0)
    return null;
SimpleDateFormat sdf = fmt == null ? new SimpleDateFormat(DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT) : new SimpleDateFormat(fmt);
return sdf.parse(date);
DategetDateFromString(String date, String pattern)
get Date From String 
SimpleDateFormat sDateFormat = getDateFormat(pattern);
synchronized (sDateFormat) {
    return sDateFormat.parse(date);
DategetDatefromString(String dateStr)
convert from MMM/dd/YYYY 
String actualDate = "";
String[] dates = dateStr.split("/");
System.out.println("date leng" + dates.length);
if (dates.length >= 3) {
    actualDate = dates[1] + "-" + dates[0] + "-" + dates[2];
    DateFormat mediumFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH);
    return mediumFormat.parse(actualDate);
return MAX_DATE;
DategetDateFromString(String dateStr, String datePattern)
For Parsing Dates. 
Date date = null;
try {
    DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(datePattern);
    date = formatter.parse(dateStr);
} catch (ParseException e) {
return date;