Java String to Date toDate(String dateValue, String format)

Description

to Date

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static final Date toDate(String dateValue, String format) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {

    public static final Date toDate(String dateValue, String format) {
        Date value = null;/*from w  ww. ja  v a 2  s . co  m*/
        try {
            value = newDateFormat(format).parse(dateValue);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // ignore
        }

        return value;
    }

    public static final DateFormat newDateFormat(String format) {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(format, Locale.getDefault());
    }

    public static final DateFormat newDateFormat(String format, Locale locale) {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(format, locale);
    }
}

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