Java Utililty Methods Parse Date

Date parseDate(@Nonnull final String sFormat, @Nonnull final String sValue)
parse Date

return new SimpleDateFormat(sFormat).parse(sValue);

Calendar parseDate(@Nonnull String stringDate)
parse Date

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
Date date = sdf.parse(stringDate);
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTime(date);
return calendar;

Date parseDate(@Nullable String value)
parse Date

return parseDate(value, "yyyy-MM-dd");

String parseDate(Date date)
parse Date

return sdf.format(date);

String parseDate(Date date)
Parses a date and returns a formated date string in the form: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z", where z is the time zone.

SimpleDateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z");
return dateformat.format(date);

Date parseDate(Date date)
parse Date

String format = "dd/mm/yy";
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
return formatter.parse(date.toString());

String parseDate(Date date)
Parses a Date to a string using #DATE_STORAGE_FORMAT .

if (date == null) {
 return "never";
return new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_STORAGE_FORMAT, Locale.ENGLISH).format(date);

String parseDate(Date date)
Return a String for the given java.util.Date as per DATE_FORMAT

if (date == null) {
 return null;
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
formatter.setLenient(false);
return formatter.format(date);

String parseDate(Date date)
parse Date

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
return sdf.format(date);

String parseDate(Date date, int style, Locale local, boolean withTime)
parse Date

if (date == null) {
 return null;
} else {
 DateFormat ft = withTime ? DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(style, style, local)
 : DateFormat.getDateInstance(style, local);
 return ft.format(date);