de.pangaea.metadataportal.utils
Class ISODateFormatter

java.lang.Object
  de.pangaea.metadataportal.utils.ISODateFormatter

public final class ISODateFormatter
extends Object

Simple static class to create and parse ISO-8601 date stamps (used by OAI harvester): The used date formats are:

• Long date: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'
• Short date: yyyy-MM-dd

Author:

Uwe Schindler

Method Summary

static String	formatLong(Date date) Formats a long date.
static String	formatLong(long date) Formats a long date.
static String	formatShort(Date date) Formats a short date.
static String	formatShort(long date) Formats a short date.
static Date	parseDate(String date) Parses the given string into a Date.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

parseDate

public static Date parseDate(String date)
                      throws ParseException

Parses the given string into a Date. It accepts short and long dates (with time)

Throws:

ParseException

formatLong

public static String formatLong(Date date)

Formats a long date.

formatLong

public static String formatLong(long date)

Formats a long date.

formatShort

public static String formatShort(Date date)

Formats a short date.

formatShort

public static String formatShort(long date)

Formats a short date.