org.vizzini.util
Class DateUtilities

java.lang.Object
  org.vizzini.util.DateUtilities

public class DateUtilities
extends Object

Utility class for performing date related operations.

Author:

Jeffrey M. Thompson

Field Summary

static String	DATE_PATTERN Date pattern.
static String	DATE_TIME_PATTERN Date-time pattern.

Method Summary

Date	convertDateStringToDateObject(String dateString, String datePattern) Return a Date object from the given date and given date pattern.
String	convertDateTimeToString(Date date) Return a formatted string from the given date.
String	convertDateToString(Date date) Return a formatted string from the given date.
String	convertDateToString(Date date, String datePattern) Return a formatted string from the given date and given date pattern.
static DateUtilities	getInstance() Return the singleton instance of this class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DATE_PATTERN

public static final String DATE_PATTERN

Date pattern.

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Constant Field Values

DATE_TIME_PATTERN

public static final String DATE_TIME_PATTERN

Date-time pattern.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DateUtilities getInstance()

Return the singleton instance of this class.

convertDateStringToDateObject

public Date convertDateStringToDateObject(String dateString,
                                          String datePattern)

Return a Date object from the given date and given date pattern.

Parameters:

dateString - A string representation of a date.

datePattern - The date pattern, such as MM/dd/yyyy.

Returns:

a Date object.

convertDateTimeToString

public String convertDateTimeToString(Date date)

Return a formatted string from the given date. Uses the default pattern of "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss".

Parameters:

date - Date.

Returns:

The date in String form.

convertDateToString

public String convertDateToString(Date date)

Return a formatted string from the given date. Uses the default pattern of "yyyy-MM-dd".

Parameters:

date - Date.

Returns:

The date in String form.

convertDateToString

public String convertDateToString(Date date,
                                  String datePattern)

Return a formatted string from the given date and given date pattern.

Parameters:

date - Date.

datePattern - Date pattern, such as MM/dd/yyyy.

Returns:

The date in String form.