Java SQL Date Create convertToDate(Object o)

Description

Converts Object to Date.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
o	Object to convert

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	if something goes wrong

Return

a Date

Declaration

public static Date convertToDate(Object o) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  ww  w.java  2  s . c  o  m*/
 *  NachoCalendar
 *
 * Project Info:  http://nachocalendar.sf.net
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation;
 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY;
 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
 * PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 
 * in the United States and other countries.]
 *
 * Changes
 * -------
 * 
 * 2005-01-09   Cleanups
 * 2004-12-28   convertToDate: Added null support.
 * 2004-12-21   Added isToday() funcion
 * 
 * -------
 *
 * CalendarUtils.java
 *
 * Created on October 22, 2004, 10:01 PM
 */

import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private static DateFormat dateformat;

    /**
     * Converts Object to Date.
     * @param o Object to convert
     * @throws ParseException if something goes wrong
     * @return a Date
     */
    public static Date convertToDate(Object o) throws ParseException {
        if (o == null)
            return null;
        if (o instanceof Date) {
            return (Date) o;
        }
        if (o instanceof Timestamp) {
            return new Date(new java.sql.Date(((Timestamp) o).getTime()).getTime());
        }
        if (o instanceof java.sql.Date) {
            return new Date(((java.sql.Date) o).getTime());
        }
        return dateformat.parse(o.toString());
    }
}

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