ninja.utils

Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object

ninja.utils.DateUtil

public class DateUtil
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	formatForHttpHeader(Date date) Can be used to format a date into http header compatible strings.
static String	formatForHttpHeader(Long unixTime) Can be used to format a unix timestamp into http header compatible strings.
static Date	parseHttpDateFormat(String httpDateFormat) Can be used to parse http times.
static org.joda.time.DateTime	parseHttpDateFormatToDateTime(String httpDateFormat) Can be used to parse http times.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateUtil

public DateUtil()

Method Detail

formatForHttpHeader

public static String formatForHttpHeader(Date date)

Can be used to format a date into http header compatible strings. It can be used to generate something like: Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:16:19 GMT Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT

Parameters:

date - The date to format

Returns:

a http header compatible string like "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"

formatForHttpHeader

public static String formatForHttpHeader(Long unixTime)

Can be used to format a unix timestamp into http header compatible strings. It can be used to generate something like: Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:16:19 GMT Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT

Parameters:

date - The long (unixtime) to format

Returns:

a http header compatible string like "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"

parseHttpDateFormat

public static Date parseHttpDateFormat(String httpDateFormat)
                                throws IllegalArgumentException

Can be used to parse http times. For instance something like a http header Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT INFO: consider the JodaTime based DateUtil.parseHttpDateFormatToDateTime(...) version

Parameters:

httpDateFormat - in http format: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT

Returns:

A nice "Date" object containing that http timestamp.

Throws:

ParseException - If something goes wrong.

IllegalArgumentException

parseHttpDateFormatToDateTime

public static org.joda.time.DateTime parseHttpDateFormatToDateTime(String httpDateFormat)
                                                            throws IllegalArgumentException

Can be used to parse http times. For instance something like a http header Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT

Parameters:

httpDateFormat - in http format: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT

Returns:

A nice "DateTime" (JodaTime) object containing that http timestamp.

Throws:

ParseException - If something goes wrong.

IllegalArgumentException