Java Date Parse dateFromString(String dateString)

Description

New date for the given string based on format date

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	a parameter

Declaration

public static Date dateFromString(String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w w w  . j ava  2 s.c  o m
 * Copyright (C) McEvoy Software Ltd
 *
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 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 *
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static final DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("E MMM dd HH:mm:ss Z yyyy");

    /**
     * New date for the given string based on format date
     * 
     * @param dateString
     * @return
     */
    public static Date dateFromString(String dateString) {
        Date date = null;
        try {
            date = dateFormat.parse(dateString);
        } catch (ParseException pe) {
        }
        return date;
    }
}

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