Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object

org.apache.mina.http.DateUtil

public class DateUtil
extends Object

An utility class for Dates manipulations

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static final Pattern	DIGIT_PATTERN	Pattern to find digits only.
private static final TimeZone	GMT_ZONE
private static final Locale	LOCALE
private static final DateFormat	RFC_1123_FORMAT
private static final String	RFC_1123_PATTERN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	DateUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getCurrentAsString()
static String	getDateAsString(Date date)	Convert a given Date object to a RFC 1123 formatted String.
private static long	parseDateStringToMilliseconds(String dateString)	Translate a given date String in the RFC 1123 format to a long representing the number of milliseconds since epoch.
static long	parseToMilliseconds(String dateValue)	Parse a given date String to a long representation of the time.
static String	parseToRFC1123(long dateValue)	Converts a millisecond representation of a date to a RFC 1123 formatted String.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

LOCALE

private static final Locale LOCALE

GMT_ZONE

private static final TimeZone GMT_ZONE

RFC_1123_PATTERN

private static final String RFC_1123_PATTERN

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

RFC_1123_FORMAT

private static final DateFormat RFC_1123_FORMAT

DIGIT_PATTERN

private static final Pattern DIGIT_PATTERN

Pattern to find digits only.

Constructor Details

DateUtil

private DateUtil()

Method Details

getCurrentAsString

public static String getCurrentAsString()

Returns:

The current date as a string

parseDateStringToMilliseconds

private static long parseDateStringToMilliseconds(String dateString)

Translate a given date String in the RFC 1123 format to a long representing the number of milliseconds since epoch.

Parameters:

dateString - a date String in the RFC 1123 format.

Returns:

the parsed Date in milliseconds.

parseToMilliseconds

public static long parseToMilliseconds(String dateValue)

Parse a given date String to a long representation of the time. Where the provided value is all digits the value is returned as a long, otherwise attempt is made to parse the String as a RFC 1123 date.

Parameters:

dateValue - the value to parse.

Returns:

the long value following parse, or zero where not successful.

parseToRFC1123

public static String parseToRFC1123(long dateValue)

Converts a millisecond representation of a date to a RFC 1123 formatted String.

Parameters:

dateValue - the Date represented as milliseconds.

Returns:

a String representation of the date.

getDateAsString

public static String getDateAsString(Date date)

Convert a given Date object to a RFC 1123 formatted String.

Parameters:

date - the Date object to convert

Returns:

a String representation of the date.