/** * @param header * @param codateRow */ private void populateStartDate(ProgramHeaderTO header, Row codateRow) { if (codateRow.getCell(ProgramCols.EVENT_DATE.getCell() + 1) != null) { String string = codateRow.getCell(ProgramCols.EVENT_DATE.getCell() + 1).toString(); SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(DD_MMM_YYYY); try { Date date = format.parse(string); header.setProgramStartDate(date); } catch (ParseException e) { header.setProgramRawStartDate(string); } } }