de.alpharogroup.date

Class ParseDateUtils

java.lang.Object

de.alpharogroup.date.ParseDateUtils

All Implemented Interfaces:

DatePatterns

public class ParseDateUtils
extends Object
implements DatePatterns

Utility class for the use of Date and Calendar object.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Asterios Raptis

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface de.alpharogroup.date.DatePatterns

DD_MMM_YY, DOT_DD_MM, DOT_DD_MM_YY, DOT_DD_MM_YYYY, DOT_DD_MM_YYYY_HH_MM_SS, DOT_YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS, EEE_MMM_DD_HH_MM_SS_Z_YYYY, EEEE_MMM_DD_YYYY, LHH_MM_SS, UHH_MM, UHH_MM_SS, YYYY_MM_DD, YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS, YYYY_MM_DD_HH_MM_SS_S, YYYY_MM_DD_T_HH_MM_SS, YYYYMMDDHHMMSS

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Date	parseDate(String date, List<String> patterns) Tries to convert the given String to a Date.
static Date	parseToDate(String date, String format) Parses the String date to a date object.
static Date	parseToDate(String datum, String[] formats, Locale locale) Returns a date-object if the array with the formats are valid otherwise null.
static Date	parseToDateLenient(String date, String format, boolean lenient) Parses the String date to a date object.
static String	parseToString(Date date, String format) The Method parseToString(Date, String) formats the given Date to the given Format.
static String	parseToString(Date date, String format, Locale locale) The Method parseToString(Date, String) formats the given Date to the given Format.
static String	parseToString(String date, String currentformat, String newFormat) The Method parseToString(String, String, String) formats the given Date as string from the current Format to the new given Format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

parseDate

public static Date parseDate(String date,
                             List<String> patterns)

Tries to convert the given String to a Date.

Parameters:

date - The date to convert as String.

patterns - The date patterns to convert the String to a date-object.

Returns:

Gives a Date if the convertion was successfull otherwise false.

parseToDate

public static Date parseToDate(String date,
                               String format)
                        throws ParseException

Parses the String date to a date object. For example: USA-Format is : yyyy-MM-dd

Parameters:

date - The Date as String

format - The Format for the Date to parse

Returns:

The formated Date

Throws:

ParseException - occurs when their are problems with parsing the String to Date.

parseToDate

public static Date parseToDate(String datum,
                               String[] formats,
                               Locale locale)

Returns a date-object if the array with the formats are valid otherwise null.

Parameters:

datum - The date as string which to parse to a date-object.

formats - The string-array with the date-patterns.

locale - THe Locale for the SimpleDateFormat.

Returns:

A date-object if the array with the formats are valid otherwise null.

parseToDateLenient

public static Date parseToDateLenient(String date,
                                      String format,
                                      boolean lenient)

Parses the String date to a date object. For example: USA-Format is : yyyy-MM-dd

Parameters:

date - The Date as String

format - The Format for the Date to parse

lenient - Specify whether or not date/time interpretation is to be lenient.

Returns:

The formated Date or null.

parseToString

public static String parseToString(Date date,
                                   String format)

The Method parseToString(Date, String) formats the given Date to the given Format. For Example: Date date =new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()); String format = "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss"; String now = UtilDate.parseToString(date, format); System.out.println(now); The output would be something like this:'15.07.2005 14:12:00'

Parameters:

date - The Date to format to a String

format - The Format for the date

Returns:

The formated String

parseToString

public static String parseToString(Date date,
                                   String format,
                                   Locale locale)

The Method parseToString(Date, String) formats the given Date to the given Format. For Example: Date date =new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()); String format = "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss"; String now = UtilDate.parseToString(date, format); System.out.println(now); The output would be something like this:'15.07.2005 14:12:00'

Parameters:

date - The Date to format to a String

format - The Format for the date

locale - The Locale object in which Language to get the format string.

Returns:

The formated String

parseToString

public static String parseToString(String date,
                                   String currentformat,
                                   String newFormat)
                            throws ParseException

The Method parseToString(String, String, String) formats the given Date as string from the current Format to the new given Format. For Example:

String expected = "20120810";
String actual = ParseDateUtils.parseToString( ParseDateUtils.parseToDate("10.08.2012", "dd.MM.yyyy"), "yyyyMMdd");

The output is:20120810

Parameters:

date - The date as String object that shell be parsed to the new format

currentformat - The current format from the date

newFormat - The new format for the output date as String object

Returns:

The formated String in the new date format

Throws:

ParseException - occurs when their are problems with parsing the String to Date.