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Java dates ’n’ Strings: oh noes 07 Sep, 2010

Today’s Java WTF: parsing a two-digit year value from a time-date value expressed as a String. Meh, that’s not brittle or anything…

String tmp = someDoc.getItemValueString("someDateField");
String arrTmp[] = tmp.split("/");
int year = Integer.parseInt(arrTmp[2]);

That which is seen in one’s IDE cannot be unseen. Don’t do this at home kids.

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  1. oh dear lordmark myers#
  2. An example of being paid by the milestone rather than by the hour. ;-) Jerry Carter#

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