public static Date getDateFromString ( final String dateString , final String pattern ) { try { SimpleDateFormat df = buildDateFormat ( pattern ) ; return df . parse ( dateString ) ; } catch ( ParseException e ) { throw new DateException ( String . format ( "Could not parse %s with pattern %s." , dateString , pattern ) , e ) ; } }
Get data from data string using the given pattern and the default date format symbols for the default locale .