Java Date Parse dateFromString(String value)

Description

date From String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date dateFromString(String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w ww  . j  a va2 s .  c o m*/
 * (c) Copyright 2010-2011 AgileBirds
 *
 * This file is part of OpenFlexo.
 *
 * OpenFlexo is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *
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 *
 */

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

public class Main {
    /** Specify date format */
    protected static final String _dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat().toPattern();

    public static Date dateFromString(String value) {
        try {
            StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(value, ",");
            String dateFormat = _dateFormat;
            String dateAsString = null;
            if (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
                dateFormat = st.nextToken();
            }
            if (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
                dateAsString = st.nextToken();
            }
            if (dateAsString != null) {
                return new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat).parse(dateAsString);
            }
        } catch (ParseException e) {
        }
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(_dateFormat);
        Date currentTime = new Date();
        String dateString = formatter.format(currentTime);
        System.err.println(
                "Supplied value is not parsable as a date. " + " Date format should be for example " + dateString);
        return null;
    }
}

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