Android parse String to Date - unknown pattern character 'X'

Question

I have Service fetch date string from web and then I want to pare it to Date object. But somehow application crashes. This is my string that I\'m parsi

Answer 1

The following class can be used to convert the string to date when pattern doesn't aware of it.

    import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
    import java.util.Arrays;
    import java.util.Date;
    import java.util.List;

/**
 * StringToDateFormater is a concrete class for formatting and parsing dates in a locale-sensitive manner. It allows for
 * formatting (date → text), parsing (text → date), and normalization.
 * 
 * This class is mainly used for convert the date from string. It should be used only when date pattern doesn't aware of
 * it. 
 *
 */
public class StringToDateFormater extends SimpleDateFormat {

    private static final List DATE_SUPPORTED_FORMAT_LIST = Arrays.asList("yyyyMMddHHmmss", "yyyyMMddHHmm",
            "yyyyMMddHHmm", "yyyyMMddHH", "yyyyMMdd", "yyyyMMddHHmmssSS");

    /**
     * 
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1732857502488169225L;

    /**
     * @param pattern
     */
    public StringToDateFormater() {
    }

    @Override
    public Date parse(String source) {
        Date date = null;

        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = null;
        for (String format : DATE_SUPPORTED_FORMAT_LIST) {
            dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
            try {
                return dateFormat.parse(source);
            } catch (Exception exception) {

            }

        }

        return date;
    }
}