Method parseDate

src/main/java/net/freeutils/httpserver/HTTPServer.java:2469–2479

Parses a date string in one of the supported #DATE_PATTERNS. Received date header values must be in one of the following formats: Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123 Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036 Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994 ;

(String time)

     *         a valid date format in any of the supported formats
     */
    public static Date parseDate(String time) {
        for (String pattern : DATE_PATTERNS) {
            try {
                SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.US);
                df.setLenient(false);
                df.setTimeZone(GMT);
                return df.parse(time);
            } catch (ParseException ignore) {}
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid date format: " + time);
    }

    /**
     * Formats the given time value as a string in RFC 1123 format.