com.saperion.util

Class SaDateHelper

java.lang.Object

com.saperion.util.SaDateHelper

public final class SaDateHelper
extends Object

Helper class to convert and parse java date and calendar objects.

Author:

rbo

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Date	convertLocalToUTC(Date date)
static Calendar	getCalendar(Date date) Get calendar from date.
static String	getDateString(Calendar cal) Creates a ISO string from calendar.
static String	getDateString(Date date) Creates a ISO date string.
static Date	getUTCDateTime()
static Calendar	parseCalendar(String isoString) Parse an ISO string.
static Date	parseDate(String isoString) Parse an ISO string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getCalendar

public static Calendar getCalendar(Date date)

Get calendar from date.

Parameters:

date - Date

Returns:

Calendar

getDateString

public static String getDateString(Date date)

Creates a ISO date string.

Parameters:

date - Date

Returns:

ISO date

getDateString

public static String getDateString(Calendar cal)

Creates a ISO string from calendar.

Parameters:

cal - Calendar

Returns:

ISO string

parseCalendar

public static Calendar parseCalendar(String isoString)

Parse an ISO string.

Parameters:

isoString - ISO string

Returns:

Calendar

parseDate

public static Date parseDate(String isoString)

Parse an ISO string.

Parameters:

isoString - ISO string

Returns:

Date

getUTCDateTime

public static Date getUTCDateTime()

Returns:

a new Date containing the current date and time in UTC timezone

convertLocalToUTC

public static Date convertLocalToUTC(Date date)

Parameters:

date - date in local timezone to convert to UTC

Returns:

converted date in UTC time zone