Package de.uplanet.util

Class DateParser

java.lang.Object

de.uplanet.util.DateParser

@Scriptable
public final class DateParser
extends Object

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	UTC_ISO_DATE_TIME_FORMAT	yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Date	parseDate(String p_strValue)	Parse a string as an UTC date, or as a date with time zone offset.
static Date	parseDate(String p_strValue, String p_strFormat, TimeZone p_tz)	Parse a string as a date, using the given format, time zone, and the Locale.US locale.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UTC_ISO_DATE_TIME_FORMAT

public static final String UTC_ISO_DATE_TIME_FORMAT

yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

parseDate

public static final Date parseDate(String p_strValue,
                                   String p_strFormat,
                                   TimeZone p_tz)

Parse a string as a date, using the given format, time zone, and the Locale.US locale.

Parameters:

p_strValue - The serialized date-time value.

p_strFormat - The format used for parsing.

p_tz - The timezone to be used for parsing.

Returns:

The parsed date.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If any of the given parameters is null.

parseDate

public static final Date parseDate(String p_strValue)
                            throws ParseException

Parse a string as an UTC date, or as a date with time zone offset.

Valid formats are

• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z' (UTC)
• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ (with RFC 822 time zone offset)

See SimpleDateFormat.

Parameters:

p_strValue - The serialized date-time value.

Returns:

The parsed date.

Throws:

ParseException - If the given string could not be parsed as a date-time value.

IllegalArgumentException - If p_strValue is null.