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/*  Dates.java
    
 {{IS_NOTE
    
 Purpose:
 Description:
 History:
 2001/12/3, Henri Chen: Created.
    
 }}IS_NOTE
    
 Copyright (C) 2001 Potix Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
    
 {{IS_RIGHT
 This program is distributed under GPL Version 3.0 in the hope that
 it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 }}IS_RIGHT
 */

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

/**
 * Utilities for java.util.Date
 * 
 * @author henrichen
 * @author tomyeh
 */
public class Dates {
    /**
     * Truncates date to the nearest precision milliseconds. MS SQLServer2000 with
     * only the maximum accuracy of 1/300 seconds would not be able to store up to
     * one millisecond accurarcy. That is, User must round the millisecond to some
     * less precisions; or the data in that db would be inconsistence with that in
     * memory. It is useful to store a Date object in a database. Without
     * rounding, if you want to get it back and compare with the one in the
     * memory. See {@link #now} for details.
     * 
     * @param precision
     *          the divider of the precision(e.g. 10 for precision of 10
     *          milliseconds;i.e. all millisecond less than 10 would be truncated)
     * @see #now
     * @see #round(long, int)
     */
    public static final Date round(Date date, int precision) {
        date.setTime(round(date.getTime(), precision));
        return date;
    }

    /**
     * Rounds a date represented in long to the specified precision of
     * milliseconds.
     * 
     * @param time
     *          the date represented in long.
     * @param precision
     *          the divider of the precision(e.g. 10 for precision of 10
     *          milliseconds;i.e. all millisecond less than 10 would be truncated)
     * @see #now
     * @see #round(Date, int)
     */
    public static final long round(long time, int precision) {
        return time - (time % precision);
    }

    /**
     * Tests whether a date is rounded. It is mainly used for debugging.
     */
    public static final boolean isRounded(Date date, int precision) {
        return (date.getTime() % precision) == 0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current time but rounding to the specified precision of
     * milliseconds. It is useful if you want to create the current time which
     * will be stored in the database and want to compare it with something with
     * what you store in the database. Otherwise, that you get back the one you
     * store might be different, because the resolution of database timestamp is
     * usually less than one milisecond, e.g., MS SQL: 0.003 second.
     * 
     * <p>
     * If you don't cache it in the memory (remember entity beans always cache by
     * the container), you don't need to round. If you are not sure, round it.
     * 
     * @see #round(Date, int)
     */
    public static final Date now(int precision) {
        return new Date(round(System.currentTimeMillis(), precision));
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current time without rounding.
     */
    public static final Date now() {
        return new Date();
    }

    /**
     * Returns today by setting time to 0:0:0.
     */
    public static final Date today() {
        return beginOfDate(new Date(), null);
    }

    /**
     * Given a date, return the previouse date of the given date (24 hrs before).
     */
    final public static Date previousDate(Date when) {
        long time = when.getTime() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
        return new Date(time);
    }

    /**
     * Return the beginning date of this month.
     */
    final public static Date beginOfMonth() {
        return beginOfMonth(new Date(), null);
    }

    /**
     * Given a date, a proper TimeZone, return the beginning date of the month of
     * the specified date and TimeZone. If TimeZone is null, meaning use default
     * TimeZone of the JVM.
     */
    final public static Date beginOfMonth(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        final int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        final int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        cal.clear();
        cal.set(year, month, 1);
        return cal.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * Return the ending date of this month.
     */
    final public static Date endOfMonth() {
        return endOfMonth(new Date(), null);
    }

    /**
     * Given a date, a proper TimeZone, return the ending date of the month of the
     * specified date and TimeZone. If TimeZone is null, meaning use default
     * TimeZone of the JVM.
     */
    final public static Date endOfMonth(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        final int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        final int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        final int monthDays = cal.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        cal.clear();
        cal.set(year, month, monthDays + 1);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(cal.getTimeInMillis() - 1);
        return cal.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * Whether the given date in the specified TimeZone is the last day of that
     * month. If TimeZone is null, meaning use default TimeZone of the JVM.
     */
    final public static boolean isEndOfMonth(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        final int day = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        final int maxDay = cal.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        return day == maxDay;
    }

    /**
     * Whether the given date in the specified TimeZone is the first day of that
     * month. If TimeZone is null, meaning use default TimeZone of the JVM.
     */
    final public static boolean isBeginOfMonth(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        final int day = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        return day == 1;
    }

    /**
     * Given a date, a proper TimeZone, return the beginning date of the specified
     * date and TimeZone. If TimeZone is null, meaning use Defult TimeZone of the
     * JVM.
     */
    final public static Date beginOfDate(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();

        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime());// don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                            // will reset the TimeZone.
        final int day = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        final int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        final int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        cal.clear();
        cal.set(year, month, day);

        return cal.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * Given a date, a proper TimeZone, return the last millisecond date of the
     * specified date and TimeZone. If TimeZone is null, meaning use Defult
     * TimeZone of the JVM.
     */
    final public static Date endOfDate(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();

        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime());// don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                            // will reset the TimeZone.
        final int day = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        final int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        final int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        cal.clear();
        cal.set(year, month, day + 1);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(cal.getTimeInMillis() - 1);

        return cal.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * Return the beginning date of this year.
     */
    final public static Date beginOfYear() {
        return beginOfYear(new Date(), null);
    }

    /**
     * Given a date, a proper TimeZone, return the beginning date of the month of
     * the specified date and TimeZone. If TimeZone is null, meaning use default
     * TimeZone of the JVM.
     */
    final public static Date beginOfYear(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        final int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        cal.clear();
        cal.set(year, Calendar.JANUARY, 1);
        return cal.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * Return the ending date of this year.
     */
    final public static Date endOfYear() {
        return endOfYear(new Date(), null);
    }

    /**
     * Given a date, a proper TimeZone, return the ending date of the month of the
     * specified date and TimeZone. If TimeZone is null, meaning use default
     * TimeZone of the JVM.
     */
    final public static Date endOfYear(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        final int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        cal.clear();
        cal.set(year + 1, Calendar.JANUARY, 1);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(cal.getTimeInMillis() - 1);
        return cal.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * Return the ending date of this year.
     */
    final public static short twoMonthShort() {
        return twoMonthShort(new Date(), null);
    }

    /**
     * Given a date, a proper TimeZone, return the two month int. eg. 1, 3, 5, 7,
     * 9, 11. If TimeZone is null, meaning use default TimeZone of the JVM.
     */
    final public static short twoMonthShort(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        final int month = (cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) / 2) * 2 + 1;
        return (short) month;
    }

    /**
     * Get the year of a date.
     * 
     * @param when
     *          The date.
     * @param tz
     *          The time zone; if null, the current time zone is assumed.
     * @see #localizedYearOfDate
     */
    public static final int yearOfDate(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        return cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    }

    /**
     * Get the year of a date in the specified locale.
     * 
     * <p>
     * Currenty, only Locale.ZH_TW is supported, i.e., "year - 1911" and it's may
     * be less than 0. Otherwise, it is the same as {@link #yearOfDate}.
     * 
     * @param when
     *          The date.
     * @param locale
     *          the locale; if null, the current locale is assumed.
     * @param tz
     *          The time zone; if null, the current time zone is assumed.
     * @see #yearOfDate
     */
    public static final int localizedYearOfDate(Date when, Locale locale, TimeZone tz) {
        final int year = yearOfDate(when, tz);
        if (locale.equals(Locale.TAIWAN))
            return year - 1911;
        return year;
    }

    /**
     * Get the month of a date. The first month of the year is JANUARY which is 0.
     * 
     * @param when
     *          The date.
     * @param tz
     *          The time zone; if null, the current time zone is assumed.
     */
    public static final int monthOfDate(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        return cal.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    }

    /**
     * Get the month of a date. The first month of the year is JANUARY which is 1.
     * 
     * @param when
     *          The date.
     * @param tz
     *          The time zone; if null, the current time zone is assumed.
     */
    public static final int monthOfDatePlus1(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        return cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
    }

    /**
     * Get the day of month of a date. The first day of the month has value 1.
     * 
     * @param when
     *          The date.
     * @param tz
     *          The time zone; if null, the current time zone is assumed.
     */
    public static final int dayMonthOfDate(Date when, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime()); // don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                             // will reset the TimeZone.

        return cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
    }

    /**
     * Date Arithmetic function. Adds the specified (signed) amount of time to the
     * given date, based on the calendar's rules.
     * 
     * @param when
     *          The based date.
     * @param tz
     *          The time zone; if null, the current time zone is assumed.
     * @param field
     *          The time field.
     * @param amount
     *          The amount of date or time to be added to the field.
     */
    public static final Date add(Date when, TimeZone tz, int field, int amount) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();

        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(when.getTime());// don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                            // will reset the TimeZone.

        cal.add(field, amount);
        return cal.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * Date Arithmetic function (date2 - date1). subtract a date from another
     * date, return the difference as the required fields. E.g. if specified
     * Calendar.Date, the smaller range of fields is ignored and this method
     * return the difference of days.
     * 
     * @param date2
     *          The date2.
     * @param tz
     *          The time zone.
     * @param field
     *          The time field; e.g., Calendar.DATE, Calendar.YEAR, it's default
     *          value is Calendar.DATE
     * @param date1
     *          The date1.
     */
    public static final long subtract(Date date2, TimeZone tz, int field, Date date1) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();

        boolean negative = false;
        if (date1.after(date2)) {
            negative = true;
            final Date d = date1;
            date1 = date2;
            date2 = d;
        }

        final Calendar cal1 = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal1.setTimeInMillis(date1.getTime());// don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                              // will reset the TimeZone.

        final Calendar cal2 = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal2.setTimeInMillis(date2.getTime());// don't call cal.setTime(Date) which
                                              // will reset the TimeZone.

        int year1 = cal1.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        int year2 = cal2.get(Calendar.YEAR);

        switch (field) {
        case Calendar.YEAR: {
            return negative ? (year1 - year2) : (year2 - year1);
        }
        case Calendar.MONTH: {
            int month1 = cal1.get(Calendar.MONTH);
            int month2 = cal2.get(Calendar.MONTH);
            int months = 12 * (year2 - year1) + month2 - month1;
            return negative ? -months : months;
        }
        case Calendar.HOUR: {
            long time1 = date1.getTime();
            long time2 = date2.getTime();
            long min1 = (time1 < 0 ? (time1 - (1000 * 60 * 60 - 1)) : time1) / (1000 * 60 * 60);
            long min2 = (time2 < 0 ? (time2 - (1000 * 60 * 60 - 1)) : time2) / (1000 * 60 * 60);
            return negative ? (min1 - min2) : (min2 - min1);
        }
        case Calendar.MINUTE: {
            long time1 = date1.getTime();
            long time2 = date2.getTime();
            long min1 = (time1 < 0 ? (time1 - (1000 * 60 - 1)) : time1) / (1000 * 60);
            long min2 = (time2 < 0 ? (time2 - (1000 * 60 - 1)) : time2) / (1000 * 60);
            return negative ? (min1 - min2) : (min2 - min1);
        }
        case Calendar.SECOND: {
            long time1 = date1.getTime();
            long time2 = date2.getTime();
            long sec1 = (time1 < 0 ? (time1 - (1000 - 1)) : time1) / 1000;
            long sec2 = (time2 < 0 ? (time2 - (1000 - 1)) : time2) / 1000;

            return negative ? (sec1 - sec2) : (sec2 - sec1);
        }
        case Calendar.MILLISECOND: {
            return negative ? (date1.getTime() - date2.getTime()) : (date2.getTime() - date1.getTime());
        }
        case Calendar.DATE:
        default: /* default, like -1 */
        {
            int day1 = cal1.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
            int day2 = cal2.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);

            int maxDay1 = year1 == year2 ? 0 : cal1.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
            int days = maxDay1 - day1 + day2;

            final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
            for (int year = year1 + 1; year < year2; year++) {
                cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
                days += cal.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
            }
            return negative ? -days : days;
        }
        }
    }

    /**
     * merge the date part and time part of two specified dates into a date.
     * 
     * @param datePart
     *          The date part date.
     * @param timePart
     *          The time part date.
     * @param tz
     *          The time zone.
     */
    public static final Date merge(Date datePart, Date timePart, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZones.getCurrent();

        final Calendar dateCal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        dateCal.setTimeInMillis(datePart.getTime());// don't call cal.setTime(Date)
                                                    // which will reset the
                                                    // TimeZone.

        final Calendar timeCal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        timeCal.setTimeInMillis(timePart.getTime());// don't call cal.setTime(Date)
                                                    // which will reset the
                                                    // TimeZone.

        final int hour = timeCal.get(Calendar.HOUR);
        final int minute = timeCal.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
        final int second = timeCal.get(Calendar.SECOND);
        final int msillisecond = timeCal.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND);

        dateCal.set(Calendar.HOUR, hour);
        dateCal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute);
        dateCal.set(Calendar.SECOND, second);
        dateCal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, msillisecond);

        return dateCal.getTime();
    }
}

/*
 * TimeZones.java
 * 
 * {{IS_NOTE Purpose:
 * 
 * Description:
 * 
 * History: Mon Jun 12 12:17:03 2006, Created by tomyeh }}IS_NOTE
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Potix Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
 * 
 * {{IS_RIGHT }}IS_RIGHT
 */

/**
 * Utilities to access time-zone.
 * 
 * @author tomyeh
 */
class TimeZones {
    private static final InheritableThreadLocal _thdTZone = new InheritableThreadLocal();

    /**
     * Returns the current time zone; never null. This is the time zone that every
     * other objects shall use, unless they have special consideration.
     * 
     * <p>
     * Default: If {@link #setThreadLocal} was called with non-null, the value is
     * returned. Otherwise, TimeZone.getDefault() is returned,
     */
    public static final TimeZone getCurrent() {
        final TimeZone l = (TimeZone) _thdTZone.get();
        return l != null ? l : TimeZone.getDefault();
    }

    /**
     * Sets the time-zone for the current thread only.
     * 
     * <p>
     * Each thread could have an independent time zone, called the thread time
     * zone.
     * 
     * <p>
     * When Invoking this method under a thread that serves requests, remember to
     * clean up the setting upon completing each request.
     * 
     * <pre><code>
     * TimeZone old = TimeZones.setThreadLocal(newValue);
     * try { 
     *   ...
     * } finally {
     *   TimeZones.setThreadLocal(old);
     * }
     * </code></pre>
     * 
     * @param timezone
     *          the thread time zone; null to denote no thread time zone (and the
     *          system's timezone will be used instead)
     * @return the previous thread time zone, or null if no previous time zone
     */
    public static final TimeZone setThreadLocal(TimeZone timezone) {
        final TimeZone old = (TimeZone) _thdTZone.get();
        _thdTZone.set(timezone);
        return old;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the time zone defined by {@link #setThreadLocal}.
     * 
     * @since 3.0.0
     * @see #getCurrent
     */
    public static final TimeZone getThreadLocal() {
        return (TimeZone) _thdTZone.get();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the time by specifying the offset in minutes.
     * 
     * <p>
     * For example, the following are equivalent.
     * 
     * <pre><code>
     * TimeZone.getTimeZone(&quot;GMT+8&quot;);
     * TimeZones.getTimeZone(480);
     * </code></pre>
     * 
     * @param ofsmins
     *          the offset in minutes.
     */
    public static final TimeZone getTimeZone(int ofsmins) {
        final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(8).append("GMT");
        if (ofsmins >= 0) {
            sb.append('+');
        } else {
            sb.append('-');
            ofsmins = -ofsmins;
        }
        final int hr = ofsmins / 60, min = ofsmins % 60;
        if (min == 0) {
            sb.append(hr);
        } else {
            if (hr < 10)
                sb.append('0');
            sb.append(hr).append(':');
            if (min < 10)
                sb.append('0');
            sb.append(min);
        }
        return TimeZone.getTimeZone(sb.toString());
    }
}