org.codehaus.jackson.map.util

Class ISO8601Utils

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.jackson.map.util.ISO8601Utils

public class ISO8601Utils
extends Object

Utilities methods for manipulating dates in iso8601 format. This is much much faster and GC friendly than using SimpleDateFormat so highly suitable if you (un)serialize lots of date objects.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ISO8601Utils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	format(Date date) Format a date into 'yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ssZ' (GMT timezone, no milliseconds precision)
static String	format(Date date, boolean millis) Format a date into 'yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss[.sss]Z' (GMT timezone)
static String	format(Date date, boolean millis, TimeZone tz) Format date into yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss[.sss][Z|[+-]hh:mm]
static Date	parse(String date) Parse a date from ISO-8601 formatted string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ISO8601Utils

public ISO8601Utils()

Method Detail

format

public static String format(Date date)

Format a date into 'yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ssZ' (GMT timezone, no milliseconds precision)

Parameters:

date - the date to format

Returns:

the date formatted as 'yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ssZ'

format

public static String format(Date date,
            boolean millis)

Format a date into 'yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss[.sss]Z' (GMT timezone)

Parameters:

date - the date to format

millis - true to include millis precision otherwise false

Returns:

the date formatted as 'yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss[.sss]Z'

format

public static String format(Date date,
            boolean millis,
            TimeZone tz)

Format date into yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss[.sss][Z|[+-]hh:mm]

Parameters:

date - the date to format

millis - true to include millis precision otherwise false

tz - timezone to use for the formatting (GMT will produce 'Z')

Returns:

the date formatted as yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss[.sss][Z|[+-]hh:mm]

parse

public static Date parse(String date)

Parse a date from ISO-8601 formatted string. It expects a format yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss[.sss][Z|[+-]hh:mm]

Parameters:

date - ISO string to parse in the appropriate format.

Returns:

the parsed date

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the date is not in the appropriate format