Java String to Date stringToDate(final String dateString)

Description

string To Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date stringToDate(final String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from w w w . j a v a  2 s .c o  m*/
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 * @author Vadim Kisen
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 * copyright 2010 by uTest 
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private static String[] formats = { "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssz", //
            "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-dd", "MM/dd/yyyy", "MM/dd/yyyy h:mm a" };

    public static Date stringToDate(final String dateString) {
        Date ret = null;
        for (final String format : formats) {
            try {
                final SimpleDateFormat frm = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
                ret = frm.parse(dateString);
                break;
            } catch (final ParseException e) {
                continue;
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }
}

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