Java Parse Date parseDate(String date, String expression)

Description

parse Date

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static final Date parseDate(String date, String expression) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w ww . jav  a2  s . c o m
 * Copyright 2014 TwitchGG.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {

    public static final Date parseDate(String date, String expression) {
        try {
            if (isEmpty(expression)) {
                expression = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
            }
            SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(expression);
            return sdf.parse(date);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public final static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
        if (str == null) {
            return true;
        }
        str = str.trim();
        return str.length() == 0;
    }
}

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