Java Date Parse getDateFromString(String dateString, String format)

Description

Gets date from string according to format provided.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateString	a parameter
format	e.g. "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", "yyyy-MM-dd"

Declaration

public static Date getDateFromString(String dateString, String format) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets date from string according to format provided.
     * @param dateString
     * @param format e.g. "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'", "yyyy-MM-dd"
     * @return
     */
    public static Date getDateFromString(String dateString, String format) throws ParseException {
        Date finalResult = null;
        DateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        finalResult = dateformat.parse(dateString);
        return finalResult;
    }
}

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