Java String to Date stringToDate(String s, DateFormat formatter)

Description

Convert a date time string (e.g., "2011-06-07 19:12:18") to a Date object.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static Date stringToDate(String s, DateFormat formatter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert a date time string (e.g., "2011-06-07 19:12:18") to a Date object.
     */
    public static Date stringToDate(String s, DateFormat formatter) {
        try {
            return formatter.parse(s);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

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