org.rapidcontext.util

Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object

org.rapidcontext.util.DateUtil

public class DateUtil
extends java.lang.Object

A set of utility methods for handling date and time objects.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Per Cederberg, Dynabyte AB

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	formatIsoDate(java.util.Date date) Formats a date to an ISO date representation.
static java.lang.String	formatIsoDateTime(java.util.Date date) Formats a date and time to an ISO datetime representation (without timezone).
static java.lang.String	formatIsoTime(java.util.Date date) Formats a time to an ISO time representation (without timezone).
static java.util.Date	parseIsoDate(java.lang.String str) Converts an ISO date or datetime string to a date object.

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

parseIsoDate

public static java.util.Date parseIsoDate(java.lang.String str)

Converts an ISO date or datetime string to a date object. Note that this method will omit the time portion of the string if not available.

Parameters:

str - the string to convert

Returns:

the date object, or null if the format wasn't recognized

formatIsoDate

public static java.lang.String formatIsoDate(java.util.Date date)

Formats a date to an ISO date representation. Note that the time component of the date value will be ignored.

Parameters:

date - the date to convert

Returns:

the ISO date string

formatIsoDateTime

public static java.lang.String formatIsoDateTime(java.util.Date date)

Formats a date and time to an ISO datetime representation (without timezone).

Parameters:

date - the date and time to convert

Returns:

the ISO datetime string

formatIsoTime

public static java.lang.String formatIsoTime(java.util.Date date)

Formats a time to an ISO time representation (without timezone).

Parameters:

date - the date and time to convert

Returns:

the ISO time string