net.rim.pushsdk.commons
Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object
  net.rim.pushsdk.commons.DateUtil

public class DateUtil
extends Object

Utility class providing methods for date manipulation such as formatting dates to strings and vice versa.

Author:

mdicesare

Field Summary
static String	DATE_FORMAT_NO_MILLIS Date format without a milliseconds component.
static TimeZone	defaultTZ The default time zone (UTC).
static String	PAP_DATE_FORMAT The format of dates for PAP.

Constructor Summary

DateUtil()

Method Summary
static String	formatDate(String format, Date date) Generic date formatter.
static String	formatDate(String format, Date date, TimeZone zone) Generic date formatter.
static String	formatPapDate(Date date) Formats a date in PAP date format.
static Date	parsePapDate(String strDate) Parses out a date from a string in PAP date format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

defaultTZ

public static final TimeZone defaultTZ

The default time zone (UTC).

PAP_DATE_FORMAT

public static final String PAP_DATE_FORMAT

The format of dates for PAP.

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Constant Field Values

DATE_FORMAT_NO_MILLIS

public static final String DATE_FORMAT_NO_MILLIS

Date format without a milliseconds component.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DateUtil

public DateUtil()

Method Detail

parsePapDate

public static Date parsePapDate(String strDate)
                         throws ParseException

Parses out a date from a string in PAP date format. The default timezone is used.

Parameters:

strDate - a string in PAP date format

Returns:

a parsed out date

Throws:

ParseException - if the string could not be parsed

formatPapDate

public static String formatPapDate(Date date)

Formats a date in PAP date format. The default timezone is used.

Parameters:

date - the date to be formatted

Returns:

a string in PAP date format

formatDate

public static String formatDate(String format,
                                Date date)

Generic date formatter. The default timezone is used.

Parameters:

format - the date format to be used

date - the date to be formatted

Returns:

a string representing a date in the given format

formatDate

public static String formatDate(String format,
                                Date date,
                                TimeZone zone)

Generic date formatter. The default timezone is used.

Parameters:

format - the date format to be used

date - the date to be formatted

Returns:

a string representing a date in the given format