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Parse an RFC 822 date string
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//package com.googlecode.bjpodcast.util;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class DateUtil {
public static final SimpleDateFormat rfc822DateFormats[] = new SimpleDateFormat[] {
new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yy HH:mm:ss z"),
new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yy HH:mm z"),
new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z"),
new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm z"),
new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yy HH:mm z"),
new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yy HH:mm:ss z"),
new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy HH:mm z"),
new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z")
};
/**
* Parse an RFC 822 date string.
*
* @param dateString The date string to parse
* @return The date, or null if it could not be parsed.
*/
public static Date parseRfc822DateString(String dateString) {
Date date = null;
for (SimpleDateFormat sdf : rfc822DateFormats) {
try {
date = sdf.parse(dateString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
// Don't care, we'll just run through all
}
if (date != null) {
return date;
}
}
return null;
}
}
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