Package ubic.basecode.util

Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object

ubic.basecode.util.DateUtil

public class DateUtil
extends Object

Date Utility Class

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

pavlidis, Matt Raible Modified by Dan Kibler to correct time pattern. Minutes should be mm not MM (MM is month).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DateUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static final String	convertDateToString(Date aDate)	This method generates a string representation of a date based on the System Property 'dateFormat' in the format you specify on input
static final Date	convertStringToDate(String aMask, String strDate)	This method generates a string representation of a date/time in the format you specify on input
static final String	getDateTime(String aMask, Date aDate)	This method generates a string representation of a date's date/time in the format you specify on input
static Date	getRelativeDate(Date date, String dateString)	Turn a string like '-7d' into the date equivalent to "seven days ago".
static String	getTodayDate(boolean changeDateformat)	return today date as a String
static long	numberOfSecondsBetweenDates(Collection<Date> dates)	Compute the number of seconds spanned by the given dates.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DateUtil

public DateUtil()

Method Details

convertDateToString

public static final String convertDateToString(Date aDate)

This method generates a string representation of a date based on the System Property 'dateFormat' in the format you specify on input

Parameters:

aDate - A date to convert

Returns:

a string representation of the date

convertStringToDate

public static final Date convertStringToDate(String aMask,
 String strDate)
                                      throws ParseException

This method generates a string representation of a date/time in the format you specify on input

Parameters:

aMask - the date pattern the string is in

strDate - a string representation of a date

Returns:

a converted Date object

Throws:

ParseException

See Also:

• SimpleDateFormat

getDateTime

public static final String getDateTime(String aMask,
 Date aDate)

This method generates a string representation of a date's date/time in the format you specify on input

Parameters:

aMask - the date pattern the string is in

aDate - a date object

Returns:

a formatted string representation of the date

See Also:

• SimpleDateFormat

getRelativeDate

public static Date getRelativeDate(Date date,
 String dateString)

Turn a string like '-7d' into the date equivalent to "seven days ago". Supports 'd' for day, 'h' for hour, 'm' for minutes, "M" for months and "y" for years. Start with a '-' to indicate times in the past ('+' is not necessary for future). Values must be integers.

Parameters:

date - to be added/subtracted to

dateString -

Returns:

Date relative to 'now' as modified by the input date string.

getTodayDate

public static String getTodayDate(boolean changeDateformat)

return today date as a String

Parameters:

boolean - changes character '\' to '-', (used to write files)

Returns:

String today date

numberOfSecondsBetweenDates

public static long numberOfSecondsBetweenDates(Collection<Date> dates)

Compute the number of seconds spanned by the given dates. If no or a single date is provided, returns 0.

Parameters:

dates -

Returns: