Java Utililty Methods String to Date

List of utility methods to do String to Date

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Method

DatestringToDate(String dateString)
String to date. 
Date date;
if (!dateString.equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
    try {
        date = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy").parse(dateString);
        return date;
    } catch (ParseException e) {
return null;
DatestringToDate(String dateString)
string To Date 
String[] formatStrings = { "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm", "yyyy-MM-dd" };
Integer i = 0;
while (i < formatStrings.length) {
    try {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(formatStrings[i]).parse(dateString);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        i++;
return null;
DatestringToDate(String dateString)
convert a string to a date using the standard web service pattern Note that HH is 0-23 
if (isBlank(dateString)) {
    return null;
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(WS_DATE_FORMAT);
try {
    return simpleDateFormat.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat2 = new SimpleDateFormat(WS_DATE_FORMAT2);
...
DatestringToDate(String dateString)
string To Date 
Date date = null;
try {
    date = df.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
return date;
DatestringToDate(String dateString, String dataFormat)
string To Date 
if (isEmpty(dateString)) {
    return null;
if (dateString.length() != 14) {
    return null;
java.text.SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(dataFormat);
try {
...
DatestringToDate(String dateString, String dateFormat)
string To Date 
if ("".equals(dateString) || dateString == null) {
    return null;
try {
    return new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat).parse(dateString);
} catch (Exception e) {
    return null;
DatestringTodate(String dateString, String format)
Convert string to date. 
final DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.US);
return dateFormat.parse(dateString);
DatestringToDate(String dateString, String formatStr)
string To Date 
if (isNotEmpty(dateString) && isEmpty(formatStr)) {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
    return dateFormat.parse(dateString);
} else if (isNotEmpty(dateString) && isNotEmpty(formatStr)) {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(formatStr);
    return dateFormat.parse(dateString);
return null;
...
DatestringToDate(String dateString, String pattern)
string To Date 
SimpleDateFormat simpledateformat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
Date date = new Date();
try {
    date = simpledateformat.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return date;
...
DatestringToDate(String dateText, String format, boolean lenient)
string To Date 
if (dateText == null) {
    return null;
DateFormat df = null;
try {
    if (format == null) {
        df = new SimpleDateFormat();
    } else {
...