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Checking date as String formatted by a date format
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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
/**
* Utility for checking date as String formatted by a date format.
* By default, the date format u
*
* @see java.text.DateFormat
*/
public class DateUtils {
public static final SimpleDateFormat DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm");
private static DateFormat dateFormat = DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT;
private DateUtils() {
// Instanceless class
}
/**
* Returns the date from the given value parsed by the date format.
*/
public static Date getDate(String yyyyMMdd) throws ParseException {
synchronized (dateFormat) {
return dateFormat.parse(yyyyMMdd);
}
}
/**
* Returns the Date as String formated by the date format.
*/
public static String getStandardDate(Date date) {
synchronized (dateFormat) {
return dateFormat.format(date);
}
}
/**
* Sets the date format.
*/
public static void setDateFormat(DateFormat dateFormat) {
DateUtils.dateFormat = dateFormat;
}
}
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