org.eclipse.tips.ui/src/org/eclipse/tips/ui/internal/util/DateUtil.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2018 Remain Software
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials
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 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     wim.jongman@remainsoftware.com - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.tips.ui.internal.util;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Date utilities.
 *
 */
public class DateUtil {

	/**
	 * Convenience method that creates a date from a dd/mm/yy string.
	 *
	 * @param dateYYMMDD
	 *            the date in a dd/mm/yy format, e.g. "01/01/2017"
	 * @return the date
	 * @throws RuntimeException
	 *             if the date is not correct
	 */
	public static Date getDateFromYYMMDD(String dateYYMMDD) {
		SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy"); //$NON-NLS-1$
		try {
			return sdf.parse(dateYYMMDD);
		} catch (ParseException e) {
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}
}