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/* * Copyright (C) 2005-2012 BetaCONCEPT Limited * * This file is part of Astroboa. * * Astroboa 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. * * Astroboa 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 Astroboa. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package org.betaconceptframework.astroboa.util; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils; import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateFormatUtils; /** * @author Gregory Chomatas (gchomatas@betaconcept.com) * @author Savvas Triantafyllou (striantafyllou@betaconcept.com) * */ public class DateUtils { public static Calendar clearTimeFromCalendar(Calendar calendar) { if (calendar != null) { calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0); calendar.clear(Calendar.AM_PM); //ALWAYS clear AM_PM before HOUR_OF_DAY calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0); calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0); calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0); calendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0); calendar.clear(Calendar.DST_OFFSET); calendar.clear(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET); } return calendar; } public static Calendar addLocaleToCalendar(Calendar date, String locale) { if (date != null) { if (locale != null) { Calendar localizedDate = Calendar.getInstance(new Locale(locale)); localizedDate.setTime(date.getTime()); return localizedDate; } else return date; } return null; } private final static String Default_Pattern = "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS"; public static String format(Calendar calendar, String pattern) { if (calendar == null) return null; return formatDate(calendar.getTime(), pattern); } public static String formatDate(Date date, String pattern) { if (date == null) return null; if (StringUtils.isBlank(pattern)) pattern = Default_Pattern; //Default Pattern return DateFormatUtils.format(date, pattern); } public static String formatDate(Date date) { return formatDate(date, null); } public static String format(Calendar calendar) { return format(calendar, null); } public static Calendar fromString(String date) { return fromString(date, Default_Pattern); } public static Calendar fromString(String date, String pattern) { SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern); try { return toCalendar(df.parse(date)); } catch (Exception e) { return null; } } public static Calendar toCalendar(Date date) { if (date == null) return null; Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); cal.setTime(date); return cal; } }