Parsing a Date given in unknown format to standard format in java?

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hi im parsing a csv file with date(custom format), i have to parse the date given in anyformat(mm-dd-yyyy, yyyy/mm/dd , mmm dd yyyy) to a standard format dd/mm/yyyy.

The question is how can we find the format in which the date is given?

is there anyway to do it?

ps: i thinking of asking for the dateformat in the csv.

Are you aware of [this](http://www.docjar.org/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html) ? — Denys Séguret, Jun 27 '12 at 06:35
This answer should help you too: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4024604/1343161 — Keppil, Jun 27 '12 at 06:37

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '12 at 06:35

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In your case, the string should contain just one of either "-" or "/" or " ", so you can dispatch based on that.

answered Jun 27 '12 at 06:35

Thilo

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@Thila , i dont know the format given in csv , it can be of anyformat available. – dinodd88 Jun 27 '12 at 07:06
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Be careful on using a list of patterns. It could mean different than what you will interpret. ex. 1/2/3 - It's going to be pure luck and no logic with this approach. – panzerschreck Jun 27 '12 at 07:10
Any format available? That's not going to work well. For starters, it's ambiguous. – Thilo Jun 27 '12 at 08:09

Parsing a Date given in unknown format to standard format in java?

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