org.apache.mina.http

Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object

org.apache.mina.http.DateUtil

public class DateUtil
extends Object

An utility class for Dates manipulations

Author:

Apache MINA Project

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getCurrentAsString()
static String	getDateAsString(Date date) Convert a given Date object to a RFC 1123 formatted String.
static long	parseToMilliseconds(String dateValue) Parse a given date String to a long representation of the time.
static String	parseToRFC1123(long dateValue) Converts a millisecond representation of a date to a RFC 1123 formatted String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getCurrentAsString

public static String getCurrentAsString()

Returns:

The current date as a string

parseToMilliseconds

public static long parseToMilliseconds(String dateValue)

Parse a given date String to a long representation of the time. Where the provided value is all digits the value is returned as a long, otherwise attempt is made to parse the String as a RFC 1123 date.

Parameters:

dateValue - the value to parse.

Returns:

the long value following parse, or zero where not successful.

parseToRFC1123

public static String parseToRFC1123(long dateValue)

Converts a millisecond representation of a date to a RFC 1123 formatted String.

Parameters:

dateValue - the Date represented as milliseconds.

Returns:

a String representation of the date.

getDateAsString

public static String getDateAsString(Date date)

Convert a given Date object to a RFC 1123 formatted String.

Parameters:

date - the Date object to convert

Returns:

a String representation of the date.