Package noaa.coastwatch.util

Class DateFormatter

java.lang.Object

noaa.coastwatch.util.DateFormatter

public class DateFormatter
extends Object

The DateFormatter class contains a number of static methods to format dates easily based on timezone and Earth location.

Since:

3.1.8

Author:

Peter Hollemans

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DateFormatter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	formatDate(Date date, String format)	Creates a string with the specified date formatting.
static String	formatDate(Date date, String format, TimeZone zone)	Creates a string with the specified date formatting.
static String	formatDate(Date date, String format, EarthLocation loc)	Creates a string with the specified date formatting.
static Date	parseDate(String input, String format)	Creates a date from the specified string and format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DateFormatter

public DateFormatter()

Method Details

formatDate

public static String formatDate(Date date,
 String format)

Creates a string with the specified date formatting. The date is formatted as if it was in the GMT+0 timezone.

Parameters:

date - the date to format.

format - a format string in the style of the Java SimpleDateFormat class.

Returns:

a string with the date formatted.

formatDate

public static String formatDate(Date date,
 String format,
 TimeZone zone)

Creates a string with the specified date formatting. The date is formatted as if it was in the specified time zone.

Parameters:

date - the date to format.

format - a format string in the style of the Java SimpleDateFormat class.

zone - the time zone for formatting.

Returns:

a string with the date formatted.

formatDate

public static String formatDate(Date date,
 String format,
 EarthLocation loc)

Creates a string with the specified date formatting. The date is formatted as if it was in the time zone specified by the Earth location longitude.

Parameters:

date - the date to format.

format - a format string in the style of the Java SimpleDateFormat class.

loc - the earth location used to determine the appropriate time zone.

Returns:

a string with the date formatted.

parseDate

public static Date parseDate(String input,
 String format)
                      throws ParseException

Creates a date from the specified string and format.

Parameters:

input - the input string to parse.

format - a format string in the style of the Java SimpleDateFormat class.

Returns:

a date object or null if the input string cannot be parsed.

Throws:

ParseException