*/
package jalview.bin;
-import jalview.bin.ApplicationSingletonProvider.ApplicationSingletonI;
-import jalview.datamodel.PDBEntry;
-import jalview.gui.UserDefinedColours;
-import jalview.schemes.ColourSchemeLoader;
-import jalview.schemes.ColourSchemes;
-import jalview.schemes.UserColourScheme;
-import jalview.structure.StructureImportSettings;
-import jalview.urls.IdOrgSettings;
-import jalview.util.ColorUtils;
-import jalview.util.Platform;
-import jalview.ws.sifts.SiftsSettings;
-
import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout;
+import jalview.bin.ApplicationSingletonProvider.ApplicationSingletonI;
+import jalview.datamodel.PDBEntry;
+import jalview.gui.UserDefinedColours;
+import jalview.schemes.ColourSchemeLoader;
+import jalview.schemes.ColourSchemes;
+import jalview.schemes.UserColourScheme;
+import jalview.structure.StructureImportSettings;
+import jalview.urls.IdOrgSettings;
+import jalview.util.ColorUtils;
+import jalview.util.Platform;
+import jalview.ws.sifts.SiftsSettings;
+
/**
* Stores and retrieves Jalview Application Properties Lists and fields within
* list entries are separated by '|' symbols unless otherwise stated (|) clauses
public static Date getDateProperty(String propertyName)
{
String val = getProperty(propertyName);
+
if (val != null)
{
try
{
- return date_format.parse(val);
+ if ((val = val.trim()).indexOf(",") < 0 && val.indexOf("-") >= 0 && val.indexOf(" ") == val.lastIndexOf(" ")) {
+ val = val.replace(" ",", ").replace('-',' ');
+ }
+ Date date = date_format.parse(val);
+ return date;
} catch (Exception ex)
{
System.err.println("Invalid or corrupt date in property '"