Java String to Date toDate(String value)

Description

Gets the date value of the input string value.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	the string value

Return

a date value of the input string value.

Declaration

public static Date toDate(String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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**/

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * The ISO date format string.
     */
    private static String isoDateStringFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'";

    /**
     * Gets the date value of the input string value.
     * 
     * @param value
     *            the string value
     * @return a date value of the input string value.
     */
    public static Date toDate(String value) {
        try {
            if (value != null) {
                SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(isoDateStringFormat);
                return df.parse(value);
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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3. toDate(String time)
4. toDate(String time)
5. toDate(String ts)
6. toDateByFormat(String dateString, String formatStr)
7. toDateByPattern(String dateTime)
8. toDateFormat(Integer grain, TimeZone timeZone, String dateFormatArg)
9. toDateFormat(String date)