Java Parse Date parseDate(String dateStr, String dateFormat)

Description

Parse the date in string format based on date format and return a Date object

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dateStr	Example 2012-12-15:10:10:10
dateFormat	Example yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	an exception

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String dateStr, String dateFormat) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w  w  w .  j  a  v a  2s .  co m*/
     * Parse date based on date format yyyy/MM/dd-HH:mm:ss
     * @param dateStr
     * @return
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String dateStr) throws ParseException {
        return parseDate(dateStr, "yyyy/MM/dd-HH:mm:ss");
    }

    /**
     * Parse the date in string format based on date format and return a Date object
     * @param dateStr Example 2012-12-15:10:10:10
     * @param dateFormat Example yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
     * @return
     * @throws ParseException
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String dateStr, String dateFormat) throws ParseException {
        DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
        return format.parse(dateStr);
    }
}

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