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package io.github.benas.easybatch.core.converter;

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

/**
 * java.util.Date type converter.
 * Converts a String date (by default in the "yyyy-MM-dd" format) to a java.util.Date type.
 *
 * @author benas (md.benhassine@gmail.com)
 */
public class DateTypeConverter implements TypeConverter<Date> {

    /**
     * The default date format.
     */
    public static final String DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd";

    /**
     * The date format to use.
     */
    private String dateFormat;

    /**
     * Create a Date converter with the default format {@link DateTypeConverter#DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT}
     */
    public DateTypeConverter() {
        this(DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT);
    }

    /**
     * Create a Date converter with the specified date format.
     * @param dateFormat the date format to use
     */
    public DateTypeConverter(String dateFormat) {
        this.dateFormat = dateFormat;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public Date convert(final String value) {
        try {
            return new SimpleDateFormat(DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT).parse(value);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to convert value '" + value + "' to a Date object with format "
                    + dateFormat, e);
        }
    }

}

@@ -2319,35 +2319,26 @@
 eFormat(
-DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT
+dateFormat
 ).parse(

fix issue#23 : DateTypeConverter always uses the default date format