org.apache.catalina.util
Class Strftime

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.catalina.util.Strftime

public class Strftime
extends Object

Converts dates to strings using the same format specifiers as strftime Note: This does not mimic strftime perfectly. Certain strftime commands, are not supported, and will convert as if they were literals. Certain complicated commands, like those dealing with the week of the year probably don't have exactly the same behavior as strftime. These limitations are due to use SimpleDateTime. If the conversion was done manually, all these limitations could be eliminated. The interface looks like a subset of DateFormat. Maybe someday someone will make this class extend DateFormat.

Version:

$Id: Strftime.java 987920 2010-08-22 15:34:34Z markt $

Author:

Bip Thelin, Dan Sandberg

Field Summary

protected SimpleDateFormat	simpleDateFormat
protected static Properties	translate

Constructor Summary

Strftime(String origFormat)
Create an instance of this date formatting class

Strftime(String origFormat, Locale locale)
Create an instance of this date formatting class

Method Summary

protected String	convertDateFormat(String pattern) Search the provided pattern and get the C standard Date/Time formatting rules and convert them to the Java equivalent.
String	format(Date date) Format the date according to the strftime-style string given in the constructor.
TimeZone	getTimeZone() Get the timezone used for formatting conversions
protected String	quote(String str, boolean insideQuotes)
void	setTimeZone(TimeZone timeZone) Change the timezone used to format dates
protected boolean	translateCommand(StringBuilder buf, String pattern, int index, boolean oldInside) Try to get the Java Date/Time formatting associated with the C standard provided.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

translate

protected static Properties translate

simpleDateFormat

protected SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat

Constructor Detail

Strftime

public Strftime(String origFormat)

Create an instance of this date formatting class

See Also:

Strftime( String, Locale )

Strftime

public Strftime(String origFormat,
                Locale locale)

Create an instance of this date formatting class

Parameters:

origFormat - the strftime-style formatting string

locale - the locale to use for locale-specific conversions

Method Detail

format

public String format(Date date)

Format the date according to the strftime-style string given in the constructor.

Parameters:

date - the date to format

Returns:

the formatted date

getTimeZone

public TimeZone getTimeZone()

Get the timezone used for formatting conversions

Returns:

the timezone

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(TimeZone timeZone)

Change the timezone used to format dates

See Also:

DateFormat.setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone)

convertDateFormat

protected String convertDateFormat(String pattern)

Search the provided pattern and get the C standard Date/Time formatting rules and convert them to the Java equivalent.

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern to search

Returns:

The modified pattern

quote

protected String quote(String str,
                       boolean insideQuotes)

translateCommand

protected boolean translateCommand(StringBuilder buf,
                                   String pattern,
                                   int index,
                                   boolean oldInside)

Try to get the Java Date/Time formatting associated with the C standard provided.

Parameters:

buf - The buffer

pattern - The date/time pattern

index - The char index

oldInside - Flag value

Returns:

True if new is inside buffer