synchronized void checkDTG() {
try {
_theDTG = _dateF.parse(_theDate.getText()).getTime();
} catch (final ParseException e) {
MWC.GUI.Dialogs.DialogFactory.showMessage(
"Date Format Error", "Sorry, date incorrectly formatted (2001/1/21)");
}
}
/**
* Tries very, very hard to parse the a date. We assume that the text is neither empty nor <code>
* null</code>.
*/
private Date parseDate(String text) {
DateFormat formats[] =
new DateFormat[] {
DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT),
DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM),
DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG),
DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL),
};
for (int i = 0; i < formats.length; i++) {
DateFormat df = formats[i];
try {
Date date = df.parse(text);
return date;
} catch (ParseException ex) {
continue;
}
}
error("Could not parse date: " + text);
return null;
}