How to parse date and time flexibly (Level 8)

[luo-git]

I can't think of any other way except checking time string against multiple regex, and my regex is pretty bad.

For example here's one:

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(?<year>\\d{4})[\\s\\-.](?<month>\\d{1,2})[\\s\\-.](?<day>\\d{1,2})"
        + "[\\s\\-.T](?<hour>\\d{1,2})[\\s\\-.:]?(?<minute>\\d{2})");
Matcher m = pattern.matcher(timeString);
m.matches();

Matcher.group(groupName) can then be used to access the individual capture groups.
If the pattern cannot be matched then I just store the raw string as time.

It will be great if anyone can share a elegant approach for parsing date and time.

Thanks in advance!

[qwoprocks]

I think the method described in the link below is pretty simple and elegant
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4024544/how-to-parse-dates-in-multiple-formats-using-simpledateformat

[luo-git]

This is gold!

I think the method described in the link below is pretty simple and elegant
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4024544/how-to-parse-dates-in-multiple-formats-using-simpledateformat