Java Parse Date Pattern YYYY parse(String source)

Description

parse

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
source	a parameter

Return

Date

Declaration

public static Date parse(String source) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//ww w  .  j a  v a  2 s .  c  om
 * $RCSfile: GMTUtil.java,v $$
 * $Revision: 1.1  $
 * $Date: 2007-5-29  $
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Skin, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software is the proprietary information of Skin, Inc.
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 */

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    private static String DATE_FORMAT_GMT = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z";
    private static Locale local = Locale.ENGLISH;
    private static TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");

    /**
     * @param source
     * @return Date
     */
    public static Date parse(String source) {
        Date date = null;

        try {
            DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_GMT,
                    local);
            dateFormat.setTimeZone(timeZone);

            date = dateFormat.parse(source);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return date;
    }
}

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