Java Parse HTTP Date parseHttpDateFormat(String httpDateFormat)

Description

Can be used to parse http times.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
httpDateFormat	in http format: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	If something goes wrong.

Return

A nice "Date" object containing that http timestamp.

Declaration

public static Date parseHttpDateFormat(String httpDateFormat) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Can be used to parse http times. For instance something like a http
     * header Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT
     * <p/>
     * INFO: consider the JodaTime based
     * DateUtil.parseHttpDateFormatToDateTime(...) version
     *
     * @param httpDateFormat in http format: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT
     * @return A nice "Date" object containing that http timestamp.
     * @throws ParseException If something goes wrong.
     */
    public static Date parseHttpDateFormat(String httpDateFormat) throws ParseException {
        return parseHttpDateFormatToDateTime(httpDateFormat);
    }

    /**
     * Can be used to parse http times. For instance something like a http
     * header Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT
     *
     * @param httpDateFormat in http format: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT
     * @return A nice "DateTime" (JodaTime) object containing that http
     * timestamp.
     * @throws ParseException If something goes wrong.
     */
    public static Date parseHttpDateFormatToDateTime(String httpDateFormat) throws ParseException {
        return getRFC1123_DateFormat().parse(httpDateFormat);
    }

    /**
     * From here: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1123.txt
     */
    static DateFormat getRFC1123_DateFormat() {
        return new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'", Locale.US);
    }
}

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