Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2008 Ariadne Foundation. * * This file is part of Ariadne Harvester. * * Ariadne Harvester is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Ariadne Harvester is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with Ariadne Harvester. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. ******************************************************************************/ import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { public static String calcFrom(String fromDate, String granularity) throws ParseException { String pattern = ""; if (granularity.equals("YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ")) { pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"; } else { pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd"; } SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern); sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); return sdf.format(sdf.parse(fromDate)); } }