affogato-core-ktx/com.parsuomash.affogato.core.ktx.datetime/toDateOrNull

toDateOrNull

@JvmOverloads
fun String.toDateOrNull(pattern: String = "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy"): Date?

Produce a date from the given strings value and pattern if possible.

Example:

"8/7/2022".toDateOrNull("MM/dd/yyyy") // Sun Aug 07 00:00:00 IRDT 2022
"Sun Aug 07 16:37:42 IRDT 2022".toDateOrNull() // Sun Aug 07 16:37:42 IRDT 2022
"7/2022".toDateOrNull("MM/dd/yyyy") // null
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Since

1.1.0

Return

A nullable Date parsed from the string.

See also