org.opencastproject.util

Class DateTimeSupport

java.lang.Object

org.opencastproject.util.DateTimeSupport

public final class DateTimeSupport
extends Object

Utility class used to convert from and to UTC time.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	DateTimeSupport.UtcTimestampAdapter JAXB adapter that formats dates in UTC format YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ss'Z' up to second, e.g.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static long	fromUTC(String s) This methods reads a utc date string and returns it's unix time equivalent in milliseconds.
static long	fromUTCNoSeconds(String s) This methods reads a utc date string without seconds and returns it's unix time equivalent in milliseconds.
static org.joda.time.DateTime	toNextWeekDay(org.joda.time.DateTime time, int weekDay) Forward to the next week day.
static String	toUTC(long time) Returns the date and time in milliseconds as a utc formatted string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

fromUTC

public static long fromUTC(String s)
                    throws IllegalStateException,
                           ParseException

This methods reads a utc date string and returns it's unix time equivalent in milliseconds. i.e. yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ e.g. 2014-09-27T16:25Z

Parameters:

s - the utc string

Returns:

the date/time in milliseconds

Throws:

IllegalStateException

ParseException - if the date string is malformed

fromUTCNoSeconds

public static long fromUTCNoSeconds(String s)
                             throws IllegalStateException,
                                    ParseException

This methods reads a utc date string without seconds and returns it's unix time equivalent in milliseconds. i.e. yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmZ e.g. 2014-09-27T16:25Z

Parameters:

s - the utc string

Returns:

the date/time in milliseconds

Throws:

IllegalStateException

ParseException - if the date string is malformed

toUTC

public static String toUTC(long time)

Returns the date and time in milliseconds as a utc formatted string.

Parameters:

time - the utc time string

Returns:

the local time

toNextWeekDay

public static org.joda.time.DateTime toNextWeekDay(org.joda.time.DateTime time,
                                                   int weekDay)

Forward to the next week day.

If it's Monday forwarding to Tuesday will add 1 day. If it's Friday forwarding to Thursday will go to next week's Thursday which is adding 6 days. Forward to Monday if on Monday simply returns time.

Parameters:

weekDay - like described in DateTimeConstants