Java Date Parse dateFromW3CDTF(String date)

Description

Creates a Date object from the string passed to it.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	Source string containing date in W3C Date and Time Format

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	If the begginning of <var>date</var> cannot be parsed

Return

Date object containing the date extracted from the string it is passed

Declaration

public static Date dateFromW3CDTF(String date) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private static final ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat> w3cdtf = new ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat>() {
        protected SimpleDateFormat initialValue() {
            try {
                return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
            } catch (Exception e) {
                throw new Error("Exception in static initializer: " + e.toString());
            }// w w w.  j a  va 2s.c om
        }
    };

    /**
     * Creates a Date object from the string passed to it. The passed string
     * needs to represent the date is W3C Date and Time Format
     * 
     * @param date
     *            Source string containing date in W3C Date and Time Format
     * @return Date object containing the date extracted from the string it is
     *         passed
     * @throws ParseException
     *             If the begginning of <var>date</var> cannot be parsed
     */
    public static Date dateFromW3CDTF(String date) throws ParseException {
        int len = date.length();
        if (len > 5 && date.charAt(len - 3) == ':') {
            char c = date.charAt(len - 6);
            if (c == '+' || c == '-')
                date = date.substring(0, len - 3) + date.substring(len - 2);
        }
        return (Date) w3cdtf.get().parseObject(date);
    }
}

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