SimpleDate.java example

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package org.drools.examples.banking;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;


public class SimpleDate extends Date {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 510l;
    private static final SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    
    public SimpleDate(String datestr) {
        try {
            setTime(format.parse(datestr).getTime());
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not parse date (" + datestr + ").", e);
        }
    }

}