Java yyyy formatDicomDate(String dicomDate)

Description

Format a DICOM date (YYYYMMDD) to a more human readable form.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dicomDate	Date in DICOM format.

Return

Date formatted in more friendly format.

Declaration

public static String formatDicomDate(String dicomDate) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w  w  w .j  a v a  2 s  .  c  o  m
 * Copyright 2013 Regents of the University of Michigan
 *
 * 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.
 */

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /** DICOM date format. */
    private static final SimpleDateFormat DICOM_DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
    /** Human friendly date format. */
    private static final SimpleDateFormat HUMAN_DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd, yyyy");

    /**
     * Format a DICOM date (YYYYMMDD) to a more human readable form.
     * 
     * @param dicomDate Date in DICOM format.
     * 
     * @return Date formatted in more friendly format.
     */
    public static String formatDicomDate(String dicomDate) {
        if ((dicomDate == null) || (dicomDate.length() != 8) || (dicomDate.replaceAll("[0-9]", "").length() != 0)) {
            return dicomDate;
        }
        Date date = null;
        try {
            date = DICOM_DATE_FORMAT.parse(dicomDate);
            return HUMAN_DATE_FORMAT.format(date);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
        }

        return dicomDate;
    }
}

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