Java Parse Date parseDate(String sDateTime, String sPattern)

Description

Parse the String to return a valid Date object.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
sDateTime	The String value that contains the date.
sPattern	The String value that contains the pattern to use (ie. "yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss") during the conversion.

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String sDateTime, String sPattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w w  w .j a  v  a2  s  . c  o  m
     * The date format manager.  This handles all the date formatting functionality.
     */
    private static SimpleDateFormat fmtDateHandler = new SimpleDateFormat();

    /**
     * Parse the String to return a valid Date object. <p> This method uses the time zone.
     * @param    sDateTime    The String value that contains the date.
     * @param    sPattern     The String value that contains the pattern to use
     * (ie. "yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss") during the conversion.
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String sDateTime, String sPattern) {
        TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
        Date date = parseDate(sDateTime, sPattern, timeZone);
        return date;
    }

    /**
     * Parse the String to return a valid Date object.
     * @param    sDateTime    The String value that contains the date.
     * @param    sPattern     The String value that contains the pattern to use
     * (ie. "yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss") during the conversion.
     * @param    timeZone     The specified time zone to use during the conversion.
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String sDateTime, String sPattern, TimeZone timeZone) {
        ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
        fmtDateHandler.applyPattern(sPattern);
        fmtDateHandler.setTimeZone(timeZone);
        // Parse the input string.
        return fmtDateHandler.parse(sDateTime, pos);
    }
}

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