Java String to Date SortStringToDate(String thisdate, Locale locale)

Description

Sort String To Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date SortStringToDate(String thisdate, Locale locale) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Date;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    public static Date SortStringToDate(String thisdate, Locale locale) {
        return StringToDate(reformatDateString(thisdate), locale);
    }

    public static Date StringToDate(String thisdate, Locale locale) {
        if (thisdate == null || thisdate.trim().length() == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = (SimpleDateFormat) SimpleDateFormat.getDateInstance();
        sdf.applyPattern("dd-MM-yyyy");
        java.util.Date soughtDate = null;
        try {
            soughtDate = sdf.parse(thisdate);
        } catch (Exception pe2) {
            return null;
        }
        return soughtDate;
    }

    public static String reformatDateString(String thisdate) {
        if (thisdate == null || thisdate.trim().length() != 8) {
            return null;
        }
        String theYear = thisdate.trim().substring(0, 4);
        String theMonth = thisdate.trim().substring(4, 6);
        String theDay = thisdate.trim().substring(6, 8);
        String newdate = theDay + "-" + theMonth + "-" + theYear;
        return newdate;
    }
}

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