Java SQL Date Parse parseUTCDateFromString(String dt)

Description

Translates a string of the form yyyyMMddHHmmss (UTC) into asql Date, and returns that date.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dt	a String formatted yyyyMMddHHmmss (UTC)

Exception

Parameter	Description

Return

the parsed java.util.Date

Declaration

public static java.sql.Timestamp parseUTCDateFromString(String dt) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   ww  w  . ja  v  a 2 s. c  om
 * @(#)TimeUtils.java   0.51 1999/07/14
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 * Copyright (C) 2011 Patrick Farrell   All Rights reserved.
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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Translates a string of the form yyyyMMddHHmmss (UTC) into asql Date, and
     * returns that date.  If validation error occurs, returns null. 
     * Processes both 8 and 12 character string lengths.
     * @param dt a String formatted yyyyMMddHHmmss (UTC)
     * @return the parsed java.util.Date
     * @see java.sql.Date
     * @throws java.text.ParseException pass up any parsing problem
     */
    public static java.sql.Timestamp parseUTCDateFromString(String dt) throws ParseException {
        if (dt == null)
            return null;
        SimpleDateFormat utcDateFormat = (dt.length() > 8) ? new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss")
                : new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
        java.util.Date pdate = utcDateFormat.parse(dt);
        return new java.sql.Timestamp(pdate.getTime());
    }
}

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1. parseSqlDate(final String value)
2. parseSqlDate(java.util.Date date)
3. parseSqlDate(java.util.Date date)
4. parseSQLDate(String dateStr, String pattern)
5. parseString2Date(String s, SimpleDateFormat format)
6. parseUtilDateToSqlDate(Date date)
7. stringToDate(final String dateString)
8. stringToDate(String date)
9. stringToDate(String date, Class dateType)