org.ow2.wildcat.util
Class TimeUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.ow2.wildcat.util.TimeUtil

public class TimeUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Date and Time helper class.

Constructor Summary

TimeUtil()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	format(long timeStamp) Format a timestamp into a human readable String.
static long	now() Get current time timestamp.
static long	parse(java.lang.String date) Compute a timestamp from a human readable String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TimeUtil

public TimeUtil()

Method Detail

format

public static java.lang.String format(long timeStamp)

Format a timestamp into a human readable String.

Parameters:

timeStamp - a timestamp

Returns:

a String representation of the timestamp according to FORMAT

parse

public static long parse(java.lang.String date)
                  throws java.text.ParseException

Compute a timestamp from a human readable String.

Parameters:

date - a Date and Time in a String representation

Returns:

a timestamp

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - if date can't be parsed according to FORMAT

now

public static long now()

Get current time timestamp.

Returns:

current timestamp