Java Date Value Check isDate(final String strDate, final String pattern)

Description

Checks if is date.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
strDate	the str date
pattern	the pattern

Return

true, if is date

Declaration

public static boolean isDate(final String strDate, final String pattern) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Checks if is date.
     *
     * @param strDate
     *            the str date
     * @param pattern
     *            the pattern
     * @return true, if is date
     */
    public static boolean isDate(final String strDate, final String pattern) {
        try {
            parseDate(strDate, pattern);
            return true;
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Parses the date.
     *
     * @param strDate
     *            the str date
     * @param pattern
     *            the pattern
     * @return the java.util. date
     * @throws ParseException
     *             the parse exception
     */
    public static java.util.Date parseDate(final String strDate, final String pattern) throws ParseException {
        final SimpleDateFormat parser = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.US);
        final Date date = parser.parse(strDate);
        return date;
    }
}

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