Java Utililty Methods String to Date

try {
    java.util.Date date = dateFormat.parse(strDate.trim(), new ParsePosition(0));
    return date;
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;

SimpleDateFormat fullDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.getDefault());
return fullDateFormat.parse(strDate);

int whichFormatter = 0;
if (string.indexOf('/') > 0) {
    whichFormatter |= 0x01;
if (string.indexOf(':') > 0) {
    whichFormatter |= 0x02;
final DateFormat formatter;
...

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
dateFormat.setLenient(true);
Date d;
try {
    d = dateFormat.parse(string);
} catch (ParseException pe) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException(pe);
return d;

if (time == null) {
    return null;
try {
    TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
    DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS");
    df.setTimeZone(tz);
    return df.parse(time);
...

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
return df.parse(time);

Date dts = TS_FORMAT.parse(ts);
return dts;

try {
    if (value != null) {
        SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(isoDateStringFormat);
        return df.parse(value);
} catch (Exception ex) {
return null;
...

java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(formatStr);
try {
    return sdf.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
    return null;

return toDateByPattern(dateTime, defaultDatePattern);