From 0edd4a94c0648002f2c368e087fe94b805303654 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stevenyomi <95685115+stevenyomi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:37:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clean up date format code in docs (#1299)

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d9dd971be..db36ff4e1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -423,14 +423,15 @@ will be cached.
 
       ```kotlin
       private fun parseDate(dateStr: String): Long {
-          return runCatching { DATE_FORMATTER.parse(dateStr)?.time }
-              .getOrNull() ?: 0L
+          return try {
+              dateFormat.parse(dateStr)!!.time
+          } catch (_: ParseException) {
+              0L
+          }
       }
 
-      companion object {
-          private val DATE_FORMATTER by lazy {
-              SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.ENGLISH)
-          }
+      private val dateFormat by lazy {
+          SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.ENGLISH)
       }
       ```