Java Parse Date parseDateOrTimeString(String aDateString, String aFormatString)

Description

parse Date Or Time String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

private static Calendar parseDateOrTimeString(String aDateString, String aFormatString) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2013 Rene Schneider, GEBIT Solutions GmbH and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *******************************************************************************/

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    private static Calendar parseDateOrTimeString(String aDateString, String aFormatString) throws ParseException {
        Calendar tempCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        tempCalendar.setTime(getSimpleDateFormat(aFormatString).parse(aDateString));
        return tempCalendar;
    }//from www .ja  va 2  s .  c o  m

    /**
     * Creates a preconfigured {@link SimpleDateFormat} for the given format string which can be used by the class
     * internally.
     * 
     * @param aFormatString
     *            the format string to use
     * @return the date format instance
     */
    private static SimpleDateFormat getSimpleDateFormat(String aFormatString) {
        SimpleDateFormat tempFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(aFormatString);
        tempFormat.setLenient(false);
        return tempFormat;
    }
}

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