Java String to Date toDateWithFormatString(String date, String format)

Description

Returns a Java representation of a date string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	Date in string format.

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalArgumentException	If the provided date isn't in the given format.

Return

Java date representation of the given date string or null if date is null .

Declaration

private static Date toDateWithFormatString(String date, String format) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a Java representation of a {@code date} string.
     * 
     * @param date
     *          Date in string format.
     * @return Java date representation of the given {@code date} string or
     *         {@code null} if {@code date} is {@code null}.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *           If the provided {@code date} isn't in the given {@code format}.
     */
    private static Date toDateWithFormatString(String date, String format) {
        if (date == null)
            return null;

        try {
            return new SimpleDateFormat(format).parse(date);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Unable to parse date '" + date + "' using format string '" + format + "'", e);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. toDatetime(String sDate)
2. toDateTimeFormat(String input, String inputfmt, String outputfmt)
3. toDateTimeSSSString(long datetime)
4. toDateTimeString(java.util.Date date)
5. toDateTimeString(java.util.Date date)
6. toDateWithTimezone(String dateTime, String pattern)
7. transformStringToDate(String dateString)
8. translateToDate(String aDate, String aFormat)