Java String to Date stringToDate(String dateStr)

Description

Converts a String with format DateUtils.DATE_FORMAT to a Date.

License

Educational Community License

Declaration

public static Date stringToDate(String dateStr) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Educational Community License 

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

public class Main {
    private static SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat(
            "yyyy-MM-dd");

    /**/* w  ww  .  ja v a 2  s .  com*/
     * Converts a String with format DateUtils.DATE_FORMAT to a Date.
     * Returns null if the parse fails.
     */
    public static Date stringToDate(String dateStr) {
        if (dateStr == null)
            return null;

        try {
            return DATE_FORMAT.parse(dateStr);
        } catch (ParseException ex) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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