Java Parse Date parseDate(String d)

Description

parse date produced by DeID software in format **DATE[Oct 15 2007] 1453 .

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
d	the d

Return

the date

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String d) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {
    /**//from   w  ww. j a  v a2s  .  c  o  m
     * parse date produced by DeID software in format **DATE[Oct 15 2007] 1453 .
     *
     * @param d the d
     * @return the date
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String d) {
        SimpleDateFormat sd1 = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d yyyy HH:mm");
        SimpleDateFormat sd2 = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d yyyy");
        Pattern pt = Pattern
                .compile("\\*\\*DATE\\[([A-Za-z]+ \\d{1,2} \\d{4})\\](?:\\s(\\d{2})\\:?(\\d{2}))?");
        Matcher mt = pt.matcher(d);
        if (mt.matches()) {
            String date = mt.group(1);
            String h = mt.group(2);
            String m = mt.group(3);
            try {
                if (h != null) {
                    return sd1.parse(date + " " + h + ":" + m);
                } else {
                    return sd2.parse(date);
                }
            } catch (ParseException ex) {
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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