Java Parse Date parseDate(String date, String pattern)

Description

Methods Descrip:

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	a parameter
pattern	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	an exception

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String date, String pattern) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from   w w w .ja  v a  2s. c o  m
 *
 * Methods Descrip:Converts a line of text into an array of lower case words
 * using a BreakIterator.wordInstance().
 * <p>
 *
 * This method is under the Jive Open Source Software License and was
 * written by Mark Imbriaco.
 *
 * @param text
 *            a String of text to convert into an array of words
 * @return text broken up into an array of words.
 *
 */

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     *
     * Methods Descrip:
     *
     * @param date
     * @param pattern
     * @return
     * @throws Exception
     *
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String date, String pattern) throws Exception {
        Date returnDate = null;
        if (pattern == null || pattern.equals("") || pattern.equals("null")) {
            pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";
        }
        java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        try {
            returnDate = sdf.parse(date);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw e;
        }
        return returnDate;
    }
}

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