ca.infoway.messagebuilder.j5goodies
Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object
  ca.infoway.messagebuilder.j5goodies.DateUtil

public class DateUtil
extends Object

A class that provides some utilities for date manipulation.

Author:

Intelliware Development

Constructor Summary

DateUtil()

Method Summary

static Date	getDate(int year, int zeroBasedMonth, int day) Construct a date.
static Date	getDate(int year, int zeroBasedMonth, int day, int hour, int minute, int second, int subsecond) Construct a date.
static Date	getDate(int year, int zeroBasedMonth, int day, int hour, int minute, int second, int subsecond, TimeZone timeZone)
static Date	getEndOf(Date date) Get the very last millisecond of the day.
static Date	getStartOf(Date date) Get the very first millisecond of the day.
static DateFormat	instance(String pattern) Get a date format instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DateUtil

public DateUtil()

Method Detail

instance

public static DateFormat instance(String pattern)

Get a date format instance. This method ensures that the instance is local to a thread, to compensate for the fact that DateFormats aren't thread-safe.

Parameters:

pattern - - the date format pattern.

Returns:

- the Date format.

getDate

public static Date getDate(int year,
                           int zeroBasedMonth,
                           int day)

Construct a date.

Parameters:

year - - the year

zeroBasedMonth - - the month (e.g. Calendar.JANUARY)

day - - the day of the month

Returns:

- the date.

getDate

public static Date getDate(int year,
                           int zeroBasedMonth,
                           int day,
                           int hour,
                           int minute,
                           int second,
                           int subsecond)

Construct a date.

Parameters:

year - - the year

zeroBasedMonth - - the month (e.g. Calendar.JANUARY)

day - - the day of the month

hour - - the hour in 24-hour notation

minute - - the minute

second - - the second

subsecond - TODO

Returns:

- the date.

getDate

public static Date getDate(int year,
                           int zeroBasedMonth,
                           int day,
                           int hour,
                           int minute,
                           int second,
                           int subsecond,
                           TimeZone timeZone)

getEndOf

public static Date getEndOf(Date date)

Get the very last millisecond of the day.

Parameters:

date - - the day

Returns:

- the last millisecond of the day.

getStartOf

public static Date getStartOf(Date date)

Get the very first millisecond of the day.

Parameters:

date - - the day

Returns:

- the first millisecond of the day.