Java String to Date stringToDate(String dateString)

Description

string To Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date stringToDate(String dateString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {

    public static Date stringToDate(String dateString) {
        if (dateString == null || dateString.trim().length() == 0)
            return null;
        String datestr = dateString.trim();

        String sf = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
        Date dt = stringToDate(datestr, sf);
        if (dt == null)
            dt = stringToDate(datestr, "yyyy-MM-dd");
        if (dt == null)
            dt = stringToDate(datestr, "yyyyMMdd");
        return dt;
    }/*  w ww  .  j a v a 2  s  . c  o  m*/

    public static Date stringToDate(String dateString, String sf) {
        ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(sf);
        Date dt = sdf.parse(dateString, pos);
        return dt;
    }
}

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