com.sibvisions.util.type
Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.sibvisions.util.type.DateUtil

public class DateUtil
extends Object

The DateUtil is a utility class for date conversion and for formatting dates as string.

Constructor Summary

DateUtil()
Constructs a new instance of DateUtil with default date format.

DateUtil(DateFormat pDateFormat)
Constructs a new instance of DateUtil that supports empty Strings and null values.

DateUtil(String pDatePattern)
Constructs a new instance of DateUtil that supports empty Strings and null values.

Method Summary

static Date	convert(Date pDate, String pFromTimeZone, String pToTimeZone) Converts a date from one timezone to another timezone.
static Date	convert(Date pDate, TimeZone pFromTimeZone, TimeZone pToTimeZone) Converts a date from one timezone to another timezone.
String	format(Date pDate) Formats the date to text.
static String	format(Date pDate, String pFormat) Formats a Date into a date/time string.
static String	format(long pDate, String pFormat) Formats a time string.
static Date	getDate(int pDay, int pMonth, int pYear, int pHour, int pMinutes, int pSeconds) Creates a new date instance.
DateFormat	getDateFormat() Gets the date format.
String	getDatePattern() Gets the date format pattern.
Date	parse(String pText) Parses the date from text.
void	setDateFormat(DateFormat pDateFormat) Gets the date format.
void	setDatePattern(String pDatePattern) Gets the date format pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DateUtil

public DateUtil()

Constructs a new instance of DateUtil with default date format.

DateUtil

public DateUtil(DateFormat pDateFormat)

Constructs a new instance of DateUtil that supports empty Strings and null values.

Parameters:

pDateFormat - the formatter that should support empty Strings and null values

DateUtil

public DateUtil(String pDatePattern)

Constructs a new instance of DateUtil that supports empty Strings and null values.

Parameters:

pDatePattern - the pattern that should support empty Strings and null values

Method Detail

parse

public Date parse(String pText)
           throws ParseException

Parses the date from text.

Parameters:

pText - the text.

Returns:

the parsed date.

Throws:

ParseException - if there is an error in the conversion

format

public String format(Date pDate)

Formats the date to text.

Parameters:

pDate - the date.

Returns:

the formatted text.

getDateFormat

public DateFormat getDateFormat()

Gets the date format.

Returns:

the date format.

setDateFormat

public void setDateFormat(DateFormat pDateFormat)

Gets the date format.

Parameters:

pDateFormat - the date format.

getDatePattern

public String getDatePattern()

Gets the date format pattern.

Returns:

the date format pattern.

setDatePattern

public void setDatePattern(String pDatePattern)

Gets the date format pattern.

Parameters:

pDatePattern - the date format pattern.

format

public static String format(long pDate,
                            String pFormat)

Formats a time string.

Parameters:

pDate - the time (in millis since 01.01.1970 00:00) value to be formatted into a time string

pFormat - the format

Returns:

the formatted date/time string

See Also:

SimpleDateFormat

format

public static String format(Date pDate,
                            String pFormat)

Formats a Date into a date/time string.

Parameters:

pDate - the time value to be formatted into a time string

pFormat - the format

Returns:

the formatted date/time string

See Also:

SimpleDateFormat

getDate

public static Date getDate(int pDay,
                           int pMonth,
                           int pYear,
                           int pHour,
                           int pMinutes,
                           int pSeconds)

Creates a new date instance.

Parameters:

pDay - the day of month

pMonth - the month

pYear - the year

pHour - the hour of day

pMinutes - the minutes

pSeconds - the seconds

Returns:

the date

convert

public static Date convert(Date pDate,
                           String pFromTimeZone,
                           String pToTimeZone)

Converts a date from one timezone to another timezone.

Parameters:

pDate - the date

pFromTimeZone - the timezone of the date

pToTimeZone - the expected timezone

Returns:

the date converted to the expected timezone

convert

public static Date convert(Date pDate,
                           TimeZone pFromTimeZone,
                           TimeZone pToTimeZone)

Converts a date from one timezone to another timezone.

Parameters:

pDate - the date

pFromTimeZone - the timezone of the date

pToTimeZone - the expected timezone

Returns:

the date converted to the expected timezone