Package org.apache.juneau.internal

Class DateUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.juneau.internal.DateUtils

public final class DateUtils
extends Object

A utility class for parsing and formatting HTTP dates as used in cookies and other headers.

This class handles dates as defined by RFC 2616 section 3.3.1 as well as some other common non-standard formats.

This class was copied from HttpClient 4.3.

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Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	PATTERN_ASCTIME	Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in ANSI C asctime() format.
static final String	PATTERN_RFC1036	Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in RFC 1036 format.
static final String	PATTERN_RFC1123	Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in RFC 1123 format.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DateUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	clearThreadLocal()	Clears thread-local variable containing DateFormat cache.
static String	formatDate(Date date, String pattern)	Formats the given date according to the specified pattern.
static DateTimeFormatter	getFormatter(String pattern)	Returns a DateTimeFormatter using either a pattern or predefined pattern name.
static Calendar	parseISO8601Calendar(String s)	Parses an ISO8601 string and converts it to a Calendar.
static final String	toValidISO8601DT(String in)	Pads out an ISO8601 string so that it can be parsed using DatatypeConverter.parseDateTime(String).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

PATTERN_RFC1123

public static final String PATTERN_RFC1123

Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in RFC 1123 format.

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• Constant Field Values

PATTERN_RFC1036

public static final String PATTERN_RFC1036

Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in RFC 1036 format.

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• Constant Field Values

PATTERN_ASCTIME

public static final String PATTERN_ASCTIME

Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in ANSI C asctime() format.

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• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

DateUtils

public DateUtils()

Method Details

parseISO8601Calendar

public static Calendar parseISO8601Calendar(String s)

Parses an ISO8601 string and converts it to a Calendar.

Parameters:

s - The string to parse.

Returns:

The parsed value, or null if the string was null or empty.

formatDate

public static String formatDate(Date date,
 String pattern)

Formats the given date according to the specified pattern.

The pattern must conform to that used by the simple date format class.

Parameters:

date - The date to format.

pattern - The pattern to use for formatting the date.

Returns:

A formatted date string.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the given date pattern is invalid.

See Also:

• SimpleDateFormat

clearThreadLocal

public static void clearThreadLocal()

Clears thread-local variable containing DateFormat cache.

toValidISO8601DT

public static final String toValidISO8601DT(String in)

Pads out an ISO8601 string so that it can be parsed using DatatypeConverter.parseDateTime(String).

• "2001-07-04T15:30:45-05:00" -> "2001-07-04T15:30:45-05:00"
• "2001-07-04T15:30:45Z" -> "2001-07-04T15:30:45Z"
• "2001-07-04T15:30:45.1Z" -> "2001-07-04T15:30:45.1Z"
• "2001-07-04T15:30Z" -> "2001-07-04T15:30:00Z"
• "2001-07-04T15:30" -> "2001-07-04T15:30:00"
• "2001-07-04" ->
• "2001-07-04T00:00:00"
• "2001-07" -> "2001-07-01T00:00:00"
• "2001" -> "2001-01-01T00:00:00"

Parameters:

in - The string to pad.

Returns:

The padded string.

getFormatter

public static DateTimeFormatter getFormatter(String pattern)

Returns a DateTimeFormatter using either a pattern or predefined pattern name.

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern (e.g. "yyyy-MM-dd") or pattern name (e.g. "ISO_INSTANT").

Returns:

The formatter.