moos.ssds.model
Class XmlDateFormat

java.lang.Object
  moos.ssds.model.XmlDateFormat

public final class XmlDateFormat

extends java.lang.Object

Class for formatting and parsing dates in the format specifed by the W3C XML Schema 2 standard

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Version:

: $Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

: $Author: kgomes $

Constructor Summary

XmlDateFormat()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	format(java.util.Date date) Format a date as the standard used in XML
java.lang.String	formatCompact(java.util.Date date) Format a date as a string.
java.util.Date	parse(java.lang.String source)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlDateFormat

public XmlDateFormat()

Method Detail

format

public java.lang.String format(java.util.Date date)

Format a date as the standard used in XML

Parameters:

date - The date to convert to a string representation

Returns:

A compact GMT representation. Example 2003-05-05T16:11:44Z

Since:

Apr 5, 2003

formatCompact

public java.lang.String formatCompact(java.util.Date date)

Format a date as a string. This is a compact format used for generating filenames

Parameters:

date - The data to convert to a string representation

Returns:

A compact GMT representation. Example 20030505T161144

Since:

May 5, 2003

parse

public java.util.Date parse(java.lang.String source)