org.asteriskjava.util

Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object

org.asteriskjava.util.DateUtil

public class DateUtil
extends Object

Utility class to obtain the current date and allows to override with a fixed value for unit testing. Includes some convenience methods for date conversion.

Client code is not supposed to use this class.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

srt

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Date	getDate() Returns the real current date or the date set with overrideCurrentDate().
static void	overrideCurrentDate(Date currentDate) If set to a non null value uses the date given as current date on calls to getDate().
static Date	parseDateTime(String s) Converts a date in the form of "yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" to a Date object using the default time zone.
static Date	parseDateTime(String s, TimeZone tz) Converts a date in the form of "yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" to a Date object using the given time zone.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

overrideCurrentDate

public static void overrideCurrentDate(Date currentDate)

If set to a non null value uses the date given as current date on calls to getDate(). Set to null to restore the normal behavior.

Parameters:

currentDate - the date to return on calls to getDate() or null to return the real current date.

getDate

public static Date getDate()

Returns the real current date or the date set with overrideCurrentDate().

Returns:

the real current date or the date set with overrideCurrentDate().

parseDateTime

public static Date parseDateTime(String s)

Converts a date in the form of "yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" to a Date object using the default time zone.

Parameters:

s - date string in the form of "yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"

Returns:

the corresponding Java date object or null if it is not parsable.

parseDateTime

public static Date parseDateTime(String s,
                                 TimeZone tz)

Converts a date in the form of "yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" to a Date object using the given time zone.

Parameters:

s - date string in the form of "yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"

tz - the timezone to use or null for the default time zone.

Returns:

the corresponding Java date object or null if it is not parsable.