Java Parse Date parseDate(String value)

Description

Parse a date expression with both date and time information with full millisecond precision and create a Date .

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	the date expression to be parsed.

Return

The parsed date.

Declaration

public static Date parseDate(String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.DateFormat;

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

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

public class Main {
    private static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS";
    private static final TimeZone TIME_ZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");

    /**
     * Parse a date expression with both date and time information with full millisecond precision and create a {@link Date}. The
     * assumed time zone is always UTC.
     *
     * This method accepts date expressions generated with {@link #formatDate(Date)}.
     *
     * @param value the date expression to be parsed.
     * @return The parsed date.
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String value) {
        try {
            return createDateFormat().parse(value);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to parse date expression '" + value + "'", e);
        }
    }

    private static DateFormat createDateFormat() {
        DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
        dateFormat.setTimeZone(TIME_ZONE);
        return dateFormat;
    }
}

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