Java SQL Date From toSqlDate(final String _text, final String _dateFormat)

Description

Convert a string into a java.sql.Date.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
_text	The string to parse.

Return

The java.sql.Date object.

Declaration

public static java.sql.Date toSqlDate(final String _text,
        final String _dateFormat) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";

    /**
     * Convert a date type into a <code>java.sql.Date</code>.
     * 
     * @param _date
     *            The date to convert.
     * 
     * @return The java.sql.Date object.
     */
    public static java.sql.Date toSqlDate(final Date _date) {
        return new java.sql.Date(_date.getTime());
    }

    /**
     * Convert a string into a <code>java.sql.Date</code>.
     * 
     * @param _text
     *            The string to parse.
     * 
     * @return The java.sql.Date object.
     */
    public static java.sql.Date toSqlDate(final String _text) {
        return toSqlDate(toDate(_text));
    }

    /**
     * Convert a string into a <code>java.sql.Date</code>.
     * 
     * @param _text
     *            The string to parse.
     * 
     * @return The java.sql.Date object.
     */
    public static java.sql.Date toSqlDate(final String _text,
            final String _dateFormat) {
        return toSqlDate(toDate(_text, _dateFormat));
    }

    /**
     * Convert a string into a date type. Throws a runtime exception if string
     * is unparseable.
     * 
     * @param _text
     *            The string to parse.
     * 
     * @return The date object.
     */
    public static Date toDate(final String _text) {
        return (toDate(_text, DATE_FORMAT));
    }

    /**
     * Convert a string into a date type. Throws a runtime exception if string
     * is not to parse.
     * 
     * @param _text
     *            The string to parse.
     * 
     * @param _dateForamt
     *            A format like <code>yyyy-MM-dd HH24:MI:ss</code>
     * 
     * @return The date object.
     */
    public static Date toDate(final String _text, final String _dateFormat) {
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(_dateFormat);
        try {
            return formatter.parse(_text);
        } catch (ParseException ex) {
            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
        }
    }
}

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1. toSqlDate(Date date)
2. toSqlDate(Date date)
3. toSqlDate(Date date)
4. toSqlDate(Date dt)
5. toSqlDate(final Date date)
6. toSQLDate(java.util.Date date)
7. toSqlDate(java.util.Date date)
8. toSQLDate(java.util.Date date)
9. toSQLDate(Object object, Object oDefault)