public static java . util . Date toDateTime ( Object value ) throws ParseException { if ( value == null ) { return null ; } if ( value instanceof java . util . Date ) { return ( java . util . Date ) value ; } if ( value instanceof String ) { if ( "" . equals ( ( String ) value ) ) { return null ; } return IN_DATETIME_FORMAT . parse ( ( String ) value ) ; } return IN_DATETIME_FORMAT . parse ( value . toString ( ) ) ; }
Convert an Object to a DateTime .