org.apache.xmlrpc.util
Class DateTool

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.xmlrpc.util.DateTool

public class DateTool
extends java.lang.Object

Wraps a DateFormat instance to provide thread safety.

Author:

Hannes Wallnoefer, Daniel L. Rall

Field Summary

private java.text.DateFormat	df
protected static java.lang.String	FORMAT

Constructor Summary

DateTool()
Uses the DateFormat string yyyyMMdd'T'HH:mm:ss.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	format(java.util.Date d)
java.util.Date	parse(java.lang.String s)
void	setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone z)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

FORMAT

protected static final java.lang.String FORMAT

See Also:

Constant Field Values

df

private java.text.DateFormat df

Constructor Detail

DateTool

public DateTool()

Uses the DateFormat string yyyyMMdd'T'HH:mm:ss.

See Also:

FORMAT

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.String format(java.util.Date d)

Parameters:

d - The date to format.

Returns:

The formatted date.

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone z)

parse

public java.util.Date parse(java.lang.String s)
                     throws java.text.ParseException

Parameters:

s - The text to parse a date from.

Returns:

The parsed date.

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - If the date could not be parsed.