org.forgerock.audit.util

Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object

org.forgerock.audit.util.DateUtil

public final class DateUtil
extends Object

Manages timestamp strings in ISO8601 format.

Example:
2011-09-09T14:58:17.6+02:00
2011-09-09T14:58:17.65+02:00
2011-09-09T14:58:17.654+02:00
2011-09-09T14:58:17.654Z

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.joda.time.DateTime	currentDateTime() Get current time.
String	formatDateTime(Date date) Formats a given date into a timestamp.
String	formatDateTime(org.joda.time.DateTime date) Formats a given DateTime into a timestamp.
String	formatDateTime(long timestamp) Formats a given timestamp into a ISO8601 timestamp.
static int	getDateDifferenceInDays(Date start, Date end, Boolean includeDay) return the number of days between the two dates.
static DateUtil	getDateUtil() Fetches a DateUtil that is set in the default timezone.
static DateUtil	getDateUtil(org.joda.time.DateTimeZone zone) Creates a DateUtil using a specified timezone.
static DateUtil	getDateUtil(String zone) Returns a DateUtil using a specified timezone.
String	now() Generate a formatted timestamp for the current time.
org.joda.time.DateTime	parseIfDate(String timestamp) Parses an ISO8601 compliant timestamp into a DateTime object.
org.joda.time.DateTime	parseTimestamp(String timestamp) Parses an ISO8601 compliant timestamp into a DateTime object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getDateUtil

public static DateUtil getDateUtil()

Fetches a DateUtil that is set in the default timezone.

Returns:

DateUtil set in the default timezone

getDateUtil

public static DateUtil getDateUtil(String zone)

Returns a DateUtil using a specified timezone.

Parameters:

zone - string representation of a timezone i.e. "UTC" or "Asia/Tokyo"

Returns:

DateUtil set with the supplied timezone

getDateUtil

public static DateUtil getDateUtil(org.joda.time.DateTimeZone zone)

Creates a DateUtil using a specified timezone.

Parameters:

zone - DateTimeZone object

Returns:

DateUtil set with the supplied timezone

now

public String now()

Generate a formatted timestamp for the current time.

Returns:

String containing a timestamp

currentDateTime

public org.joda.time.DateTime currentDateTime()

Get current time.

Returns:

get current time as a DateTime object

formatDateTime

public String formatDateTime(org.joda.time.DateTime date)

Formats a given DateTime into a timestamp.

Parameters:

date - DateTime object to convert

Returns:

String containing the formatted timestamp

formatDateTime

public String formatDateTime(Date date)

Formats a given date into a timestamp.

Parameters:

date - date object to convert

Returns:

String containing the formatted timestamp

formatDateTime

public String formatDateTime(long timestamp)

Formats a given timestamp into a ISO8601 timestamp.

Parameters:

timestamp - the timestamp to convert

Returns:

String containing the formatted timestamp

parseTimestamp

public org.joda.time.DateTime parseTimestamp(String timestamp)

Parses an ISO8601 compliant timestamp into a DateTime object.

Parameters:

timestamp - timestamp to parse

Returns:

DateTime using the zone and chronology indicated by the timestamp

parseIfDate

public org.joda.time.DateTime parseIfDate(String timestamp)

Parses an ISO8601 compliant timestamp into a DateTime object. Checks the length of the timestamp and returns null if the string is not ISO8601 compliant Accepted formats:

 yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ,
 yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSS+00,
 yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSS+00:00
 

Parameters:

timestamp - timestamp to parse

Returns:

the timestamp as a DateTime object

getDateDifferenceInDays

public static int getDateDifferenceInDays(Date start,
                                          Date end,
                                          Boolean includeDay)

return the number of days between the two dates.

Parameters:

start - Start date

end - End date

includeDay - include both Days (increase the result with one)

Returns:

number of days