Java Parse Date parseDate(String date, String format)

Description

Parses a datetime+timezone string in the given format, returning a UTC date.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	string

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	an exception

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String date, String format) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   ww w.  j a v  a 2  s  . co m
 * Copyright 2006 Open Source Applications Foundation
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Parses a datetime+timezone string in the given format,
     * returning a UTC date.
     * 
     * @param date string
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String date, String format) throws ParseException {
        return parseDate(date, format, null);
    }

    /**
     * Parses a datetime+timezone string in the given format and
     * timezone, returning a UTC date.
     * 
     * @param date string
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String date, String format, TimeZone tz) throws ParseException {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        if (tz != null)
            formatter.setTimeZone(tz);
        return formatter.parse(date);
    }
}

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