package com.sjtu.util; import com.sjtu.Constants; import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContextHolder; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.*; /** * Date Utility Class This is used to convert Strings to Dates and Timestamps * *
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* * @author Matt Raible Modified by * Dan Kibler to correct time * pattern. Minutes should be mm not MM (MM is month). * @version $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2007/12/11 05:45:22 $ */ public class DateUtil { // ~ Static fields/initializers // ============================================= private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(DateUtil.class); private static String defaultDatePattern = null; private static String timePattern = "HH:mm"; // ~ Methods // ================================================================ /** * Return default datePattern (MM/dd/yyyy) * * @return a string representing the date pattern on the UI */ public static String getDatePattern() { Locale locale = LocaleContextHolder.getLocale(); try { defaultDatePattern = ResourceBundle.getBundle(Constants.BUNDLE_KEY, locale).getString("date.format"); } catch (MissingResourceException mse) { defaultDatePattern = "MM/dd/yyyy"; } return defaultDatePattern; } public static String getDateTimePattern() { return DateUtil.getDatePattern() + " HH:mm:ss.S"; } /** * This method attempts to convert an Oracle-formatted date in the form * dd-MMM-yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy. * * @param aDate * date from database as a string * @return formatted string for the ui */ public static final String getDate(Date aDate) { SimpleDateFormat df = null; String returnValue = ""; if (aDate != null) { df = new SimpleDateFormat(getDatePattern()); returnValue = df.format(aDate); } return (returnValue); } /** * This method generates a string representation of a date/time in the * format you specify on input * * @param aMask * the date pattern the string is in * @param strDate * a string representation of a date * @return a converted Date object * @see java.text.SimpleDateFormat * @throws ParseException */ public static final Date convertStringToDate(String aMask, String strDate) throws ParseException { SimpleDateFormat df = null; Date date = null; df = new SimpleDateFormat(aMask); if (log.isDebugEnabled()) { log.debug("converting '" + strDate + "' to date with mask '" + aMask + "'"); } try { date = df.parse(strDate); } catch (ParseException pe) { // log.error("ParseException: " + pe); throw new ParseException(pe.getMessage(), pe.getErrorOffset()); } return (date); } /** * This method returns the current date time in the format: MM/dd/yyyy HH:MM * a * * @param theTime * the current time * @return the current date/time */ public static String getTimeNow(Date theTime) { return getDateTime(timePattern, theTime); } /** * This method returns the current date in the format: MM/dd/yyyy * * @return the current date * @throws ParseException */ public static Calendar getToday() throws ParseException { Date today = new Date(); SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(getDatePattern()); // This seems like quite a hack (date -> string -> date), // but it works ;-) String todayAsString = df.format(today); Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(); cal.setTime(convertStringToDate(todayAsString)); return cal; } /** * This method generates a string representation of a date's date/time in * the format you specify on input * * @param aMask * the date pattern the string is in * @param aDate * a date object * @return a formatted string representation of the date * * @see java.text.SimpleDateFormat */ public static final String getDateTime(String aMask, Date aDate) { SimpleDateFormat df = null; String returnValue = ""; if (aDate == null) { log.error("aDate is null!"); } else { df = new SimpleDateFormat(aMask); returnValue = df.format(aDate); } return (returnValue); } /** * This method generates a string representation of a date based on the * System Property 'dateFormat' in the format you specify on input * * @param aDate * A date to convert * @return a string representation of the date */ public static final String convertDateToString(Date aDate) { return getDateTime(getDatePattern(), aDate); } /** * This method converts a String to a date using the datePattern * * @param strDate * the date to convert (in format MM/dd/yyyy) * @return a date object * * @throws ParseException */ public static Date convertStringToDate(String strDate) throws ParseException { Date aDate = null; try { if (log.isDebugEnabled()) { log.debug("converting date with pattern: " + getDatePattern()); } aDate = convertStringToDate(getDatePattern(), strDate); } catch (ParseException pe) { log.error("Could not convert '" + strDate + "' to a date, throwing exception"); pe.printStackTrace(); throw new ParseException(pe.getMessage(), pe.getErrorOffset()); } return aDate; } }