org.wiztools.commons

Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object

org.wiztools.commons.DateUtil

public final class DateUtil
extends Object

Author:

subwiz

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getAsISODateString(Date date) Returns the date in ISO 8601 format yyyy-MM-dd.
static String	getAsISODateTimeString(Date date) Returns the date and time in ISO 8601 format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
static Date	getDateFromString(String dateStr) Tries to match common patterns by which date is mentioned, and returns a Date object.
static Date	getDatePlusDays(Date date, int days) Adds the number of days to the date and returns the new Date instance.
static Date	getDatePlusMonths(Date date, int months) Adds the number of months to the date and returns the new Date instance.
static Date	getDatePlusYears(Date date, int years) Adds the number of years to the date and returns the new Date instance.
static Date	getFromISODateString(String dateStr) Returns java.util.Date object for the ISO 8601 formatted String yyyy-MM-dd.
static boolean	isDateBetween(Date startDate, Date endDate, Date date) This is an inclusive method: returns true if the date is equal to startDate or endDate.
static Date	now()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateUtil

public DateUtil()

Method Detail

getAsISODateString

public static String getAsISODateString(Date date)

Returns the date in ISO 8601 format yyyy-MM-dd.

Parameters:

date -

Returns:

String representation of the date in ISO-8601.

getAsISODateTimeString

public static String getAsISODateTimeString(Date date)

Returns the date and time in ISO 8601 format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss

Parameters:

date -

Returns:

String representation of the date in ISO-8601.

getFromISODateString

public static Date getFromISODateString(String dateStr)

Returns java.util.Date object for the ISO 8601 formatted String yyyy-MM-dd.

Parameters:

dateStr -

Returns:

Date.

isDateBetween

public static boolean isDateBetween(Date startDate,
                    Date endDate,
                    Date date)

This is an inclusive method: returns true if the date is equal to startDate or endDate.

Parameters:

startDate - The start date.

endDate - The end date.

date - The date to verify.

Returns:

true if the date falls between start date and end date.

getDatePlusDays

public static Date getDatePlusDays(Date date,
                   int days)

Adds the number of days to the date and returns the new Date instance.

Parameters:

date - Input date.

days - Number of days to add.

Returns:

Computed date.

getDatePlusMonths

public static Date getDatePlusMonths(Date date,
                     int months)

Adds the number of months to the date and returns the new Date instance.

Parameters:

date - Input date.

months - Number of months to add.

Returns:

Computed date.

getDatePlusYears

public static Date getDatePlusYears(Date date,
                    int years)

Adds the number of years to the date and returns the new Date instance.

Parameters:

date - Input date.

years - Number of years to add.

Returns:

Computed date.

getDateFromString

public static Date getDateFromString(String dateStr)
                              throws ParseException

Tries to match common patterns by which date is mentioned, and returns a Date object.

Parameters:

dateStr - The date in common pattern.

Returns:

The java.util.Date object constructed by parsing the input string.

Throws:

ParseException - Thrown when not able to parse the date string.

now

public static Date now()