Re: Match date against multiple date formats
Here's a quick and dirty solution:
SimpleDateFormat[] formatters = new
SimpleDateFormat[5];
formatters[0] = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy MMM dd hh:mm:ss a");
formatters[1] = new SimpleDateFormat("yy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss");
formatters[2] = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd yyyy hh:mm");
formatters[3] = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy hh:mm");
formatters[4] = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yy hh:mm");
String date = "07-07-14 10:21:19";
boolean found = false;
for (int i = 0; i < formatters.length; i++) {
try {
formatters[i].parse(date);
System.out.println("Pattern " + (i+1));
found = true;
break;
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
if (!found) {
System.out.println("No format found.");
}
On Jun 14, 3:14 pm, Aparna <Aparna....@gmail.com> wrote:
I need to match a given date against 5 different format. How can I do
this ?
The predefined date formats are :-
Format 1 - yyyy MMM dd hh:mm:ss a
Format 2 - yy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss
Format 3 - MMM dd yyyy hh:mm
Format 4 - dd MMM yyyy hh:mm
Format 5 - dd-MM-yy hh:mm
and If I get a date "2007 Jul 14 10:21:19 am", I need to pick the
first option ie., Format 1.
How can I go about this ? Is there any API which can determine the
date format of a string? Any help is appreciated.
-Aparna
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