Java Date String Format FormatDateString(String dateString)

Description

Format Date String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String FormatDateString(String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w  ww .j  av  a  2s .c  o  m*/
 *Copyright 2009 Mark Rietveld
 * This file is part of Fuel.
    
Fuel is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
    
Fuel is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
    
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with Fuel.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
    
 */

public class Main {
    public static String FormatDateString(String dateString) {
        String[] dateSplit = null;
        String result;
        if (dateString.contains("-")) {
            dateSplit = dateString.split("-");
        } else if (dateString.contains("/")) {
            dateSplit = dateString.split("/");
        }
        try {
            if (dateSplit[0].length() == 4) {
                result = dateSplit[0] + "-" + dateSplit[1] + "-" + dateSplit[2];
            } else if (dateSplit[2].length() == 4) {
                result = dateSplit[2] + "-" + dateSplit[1] + "-" + dateSplit[0];
            } else {
                result = null;
            }
        } catch (NullPointerException n) {
            result = null;
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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