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Formatting dates into Strings.

     
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/**
 * This class contains static methods for formatting dates into Strings.
 * It can be used where standard Date formatting is judged to be too
 * expensive.
 */
public class CheapDateFormatter {
  static final long SECONDS  = 1000L;
  static final long MINUTES = SECONDS * 60L;
  static final long HOURS = MINUTES * 60L;
  static final long DAYS = HOURS * 24L;
  static final long NORMAL_YEAR = DAYS * 365L;
  static final long LEAP_YEAR = NORMAL_YEAR + DAYS;
  static final long FOURYEARS = (NORMAL_YEAR * 3L) + LEAP_YEAR;
  static final long END_OF_FIRST_YEAR = NORMAL_YEAR;
  static final long END_OF_SECOND_YEAR = END_OF_FIRST_YEAR + LEAP_YEAR;
  static final long END_OF_THIRD_YEAR = END_OF_SECOND_YEAR + NORMAL_YEAR;
  static final int[] DAYS_IN_MONTH = {31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31};
  static final int FEBRUARY = 1;

  /**
   * This method formats the current date into a String. The input is
   * a long representing the number of milliseconds since Jan. 1, 1970.
   * The output is a String in the form yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss.ddd GMT.
   *
   * The purpose of this class is to format date strings without paying
   * the price of instantiating ResourceBundles and Locales, which the
   * java.util.Date class does whenever you format a date string.
   * As a result, the output of this class is not localized, it does
   * not take the local time zone into account, and it is possible that
   * it will not be as accurate as the standard Date class. It is OK
   * to use this method when, for example, formatting timestamps to
   * write to db2j.LOG, but not for manipulating dates in language
   * processing.
   *
   * @param time  The current time in milliseconds since Jan. 1, 1970
   *
   * @return The date formatted as yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss.ddd GMT.
   */
  public static String formatDate(long time) {
    // Assume not a leap year until we know otherwise
    boolean leapYear = false;

    // How many four year periods since Jan. 1, 1970?
    long year = ((time / FOURYEARS) * 4L);

    // How much time is left over after the four-year periods?
    long leftover = time % FOURYEARS;
    time -= (year / 4L) * FOURYEARS;

    year += 1970L;

    // Does time extend past end of first year in four-year period?
    if (leftover >= END_OF_FIRST_YEAR) {
      year++;
      time -= NORMAL_YEAR;
    }

    // Does time extend past end of second year in four-year period?
    if (leftover >= END_OF_SECOND_YEAR) {
      year++;
      time -= NORMAL_YEAR;
    }

    // Does time extend past end of third year in four-year period?
    if (leftover >= END_OF_THIRD_YEAR) {
      year++;
      time -= LEAP_YEAR;
    }

    // It's a leap year if divisible by 4, unless divisible by 100,
    // unless divisible by 400.
    if ((year % 4L) == 0) {
      if ((year % 100L) == 0) {
        if ((year % 400L) == 0) {
          leapYear = true;
        }
      }
      leapYear = true;
    }

    // What day of the year is this, starting at 1?
    long days = (time / DAYS) + 1;

    // What month is this, starting at 1?
    int month = 1;
    for (int i = 0; i < DAYS_IN_MONTH.length; i++) {
      int daysInMonth;

      if (leapYear && (i == FEBRUARY)) {
        // February has 29 days in a leap year
        daysInMonth = 29;
      } else {
        // Get number of days in next month
        daysInMonth = DAYS_IN_MONTH[i];
      }

      // Is date after the month we are looking at?
      if (days > daysInMonth) {
        // Count number of months
        month++;

        // Subtract number of days in month
        days -= daysInMonth;
      } else {
        // Don't bother to look any more - the date is within
        // the current month.
        break;
      }
    }

    // How much time is left after days are accounted for?
    time %= DAYS;

    long hours = time / HOURS;

    // How much time is left after hours are accounted for?
    time %= HOURS;

    long minutes = time / MINUTES;

    // How much time is left after minutes are accounted for?
    time %= MINUTES;

    long seconds = time / SECONDS;

    // How much time is left after seconds are accounted for?
    time %= SECONDS;

    return year + "-" +
        twoDigits(month) + "-" +
        twoDigits(days) + " " +
        twoDigits(hours) + ":" +
        twoDigits(minutes) + ":" +
        twoDigits(seconds) + "." +
        threeDigits(time) + " GMT";
  }

  private static String twoDigits(long val) {
    String retval;

    if (val < 10) {
      retval = "0" + val;
    } else {
      retval = Long.toString(val);
    }

    return retval;
  }

  private static String threeDigits(long val) {
    String retval;

    if (val < 10) {
      retval = "00" + val;
    } else if (val < 100) {
      retval = "0" + val;
    } else {
      retval = Long.toString(val);
    }

    return retval;
  }
}

   
    
    
    
    
  








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