org.dellroad.stuff.string
Class DateEncoder

java.lang.Object
  org.dellroad.stuff.string.DateEncoder

public final class DateEncoder
extends Object

Encodes Date objects to and from strings.

Field Summary

static String

PATTERN Regular expression matching properly encoded strings.

Method Summary

static Date	decode(String string) Decode the given date.
static String	encode(Date date) Encode the given date as a string of the form 2009-12-01T15:33:07.763Z.
static SimpleDateFormat	getDateFormat(String format) Get a SimpleDateFormat configured with the given format and for the UTC time zone and strict parsing.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PATTERN

public static final String PATTERN

Regular expression matching properly encoded strings.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

encode

public static String encode(Date date)

Encode the given date as a string of the form 2009-12-01T15:33:07.763Z. If the fractional seconds portion is zero, it will be omitted.

Parameters:

date - date to encode

Throws:

NullPointerException - if date is null

decode

public static Date decode(String string)

Decode the given date.

Parameters:

string - encoded date

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if string is malformed

NullPointerException - if string is null

getDateFormat

public static SimpleDateFormat getDateFormat(String format)

Get a SimpleDateFormat configured with the given format and for the UTC time zone and strict parsing.

Parameters:

format - date format string