Java String to Date stringToDate(String datecontent, String format)

Description

Description:Get the date according to specific String content The default format is "yyyy-MM-dd"

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
String	a parameter

Return

Date

Declaration

public static Date stringToDate(String datecontent, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  w w  .  ja va  2s . c  o  m
 * $RCSfile: DatetimeUtil,v $$
 * $Revision: 1.0  $
 * $Date: 2011  $
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2011 GyTech, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software is the proprietary information of GyTech, Inc.
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>Description:Get the date according to specific String content
     *                      The default format is "yyyy-MM-dd"
     * </p>
     * @param String
     * @return Date
     */
    public static Date stringToDate(String datecontent, String format) {
        if (format == null || format.equals(""))
            format = "yyyy-MM-dd";

        try {
            SimpleDateFormat bartDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
            Date date = bartDateFormat.parse(datecontent);
            return date;
        } catch (ParseException pe) {
            @SuppressWarnings("unused")
            String message = "Exception occurs in Parse progress.";
        } catch (Exception e) {
            @SuppressWarnings("unused")
            String message = "Exception occurs during the string converting to Date.";
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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