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private static String getTimestampInEnglish(java.sql.Timestamp t) throws IllegalArgumentException
//package com.java2s; /*/*w ww.j a v a2s . c o m*/ * DateTimeUtils.java * * Created on March 21, 2008, 9:41 AM * * Copyright 2011 FooBrew, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * @author Ryan * @return a formatted version of the timestamp * * 2007-04-19 17:41:02.0 becomes April 19th, 2007 5:41pm */ private static String getTimestampInEnglish(java.sql.Timestamp t) throws IllegalArgumentException { if (t == null) return ""; String s = t.toString(); if (s.indexOf(".0") > 0) s = s.substring(0, s.indexOf(".0")); String[] sr = s.split(" "); int month = -1; int day = -1; int hours = -1; String mth = "", dy = "", yr = "", hrs = "", mnts = "", ampm = ""; try { String[] sd = sr[0].split("-"); String[] st = sr[1].split(":"); try { hours = Integer.parseInt(st[0]); month = Integer.parseInt(sd[1]); day = Integer.parseInt(sd[2]); } catch (Exception e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid hour"); } if (hours < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid timestamp"); if (hours >= 12) { hours = hours - 12; ampm = "pm"; } else { ampm = "am"; } if (hours == 0) hrs = "12"; else hrs = "" + hours; mnts = st[1]; yr = sd[0]; mth = getMonth(month); dy = formatNumberWithExtension(day); } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ioobe) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid timestamp format"); } return mth + " " + dy + ", " + yr + " " + hrs + ":" + mnts + ampm; } /** * @author Ryan * @return the String representation of the month param */ private static String getMonth(int month) throws IllegalArgumentException { switch (month) { case 1: return "January"; case 2: return "February"; case 3: return "March"; case 4: return "April"; case 5: return "May"; case 6: return "June"; case 7: return "July"; case 8: return "August"; case 9: return "September"; case 10: return "October"; case 11: return "November"; case 12: return "December"; default: return ""; } } /** * * @param num * @return */ public static String formatNumberWithExtension(int num) { int n = num; while (n > 10) n = n % 10; // (1,21,31) st, (2,22) nd, (3,23) rd, (4:20,24:30) th String append = ""; if (n == 1) append = (num == 11 ? "th" : "st"); else if (n == 2) append = (num == 12 ? "th" : "nd"); else if (n == 3) append = (num == 13 ? "th" : "rd"); else append = "th"; return (num + append); } }