Groovy String to Date

Question

I am coding this with Groovy

I am currently trying to convert a string that I have to a date without having to do anything too tedious.

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Answer 1

JChronic is your best choice. Here's an example that adds a .fromString() method to the Date class that parses just about anything you can throw at it:

Date.metaClass.'static'.fromString = { str ->
    com.mdimension.jchronic.Chronic.parse(str).beginCalendar.time
}

You can call it like this:

println Date.fromString("Tue Aug 10 16:02:43 PST 2010")
println Date.fromString("july 1, 2012")
println Date.fromString("next tuesday")