Java Date Value Check isDate(final String dateString)

Description

is Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean isDate(final String dateString) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static boolean isDate(final String dateString) {
        // return parseDate(dateString) != null;
        DateFormat formatter;/* w w w  .j av a  2 s.  c  om*/
        try {
            formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
            formatter.parse(dateString);
            return true;
        } catch (final ParseException d) {
            try {
                formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                        "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
                formatter.parse(dateString);
                return true;
            } catch (final ParseException e) {
                try {
                    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                            "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS");
                    formatter.parse(dateString);
                    return true;
                } catch (final ParseException f) {
                    try {
                        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                                "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
                        formatter.parse(dateString);
                        return true;
                    } catch (final ParseException g) {
                        try {
                            formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
                            formatter.parse(dateString);
                            return true;
                        } catch (final ParseException h) {
                            try {
                                formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
                                        "dd.MM.yyyy kk:mm");
                                formatter.parse(dateString);
                                return true;
                            } catch (final ParseException i) {
                                return false;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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