FastHttpDateFormat (Tyrus 2.2.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.glassfish.grizzly.http.util.FastHttpDateFormat

```
public final class FastHttpDateFormat
extends java.lang.Object
```
Utility class to generate HTTP dates.

Author:

Gustav Trede, Remy Maucherat

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

FastHttpDateFormat()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static java.lang.String`	`formatDate(long value, java.text.DateFormat threadLocalFormat)`	Get the HTTP format of the specified date. http spec only requre second precision http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#page-20 therefore we dont use the millisecond precision , but second . truncation is done in the same way for second precision in SimpleDateFormat: (999 millisec. = 0 sec.)
`static java.lang.String`	`getCurrentDate()`	Get the current date in HTTP format.
`static byte[]`	`getCurrentDateBytes()`	Get the current date in HTTP format.
`static long`	`parseDate(java.lang.String value, java.text.DateFormat[] threadLocalformats)`	Try to parse the given date as a HTTP date.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - FastHttpDateFormat
```
public FastHttpDateFormat()
```
- Method Detail
  - getCurrentDate
```
public static java.lang.String getCurrentDate()
```
    Get the current date in HTTP format.
  - getCurrentDateBytes
```
public static byte[] getCurrentDateBytes()
```
    Get the current date in HTTP format.
  - formatDate
```
public static java.lang.String formatDate(long value,
                                          java.text.DateFormat threadLocalFormat)
```
    Get the HTTP format of the specified date.
    http spec only requre second precision http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#page-20
    therefore we dont use the millisecond precision , but second . truncation is done in the same way for second precision in SimpleDateFormat:
    (999 millisec. = 0 sec.)
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - in milli-seconds
    
    threadLocalFormat - the DateFormat used if cache value was not found
  - parseDate
```
public static long parseDate(java.lang.String value,
                             java.text.DateFormat[] threadLocalformats)
```
    Try to parse the given date as a HTTP date.