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org.apache.commons.lang.time
Class DateUtils

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public class DateUtils
extends Object

A suite of utilities surrounding the use of the Calendar and Date object.

Since:
2.0
Version:
$Id: DateUtils.java 161243 2005-04-14 04:30:28Z ggregory $
Author:
Serge Knystautas, Stephen Colebourne, Janek Bogucki, Gary Gregory, Phil Steitz

Field Summary
static int MILLIS_IN_DAY
          Deprecated. Use MILLIS_PER_DAY. This will be removed in Commons Lang 3.0.
static int MILLIS_IN_HOUR
          Deprecated. Use MILLIS_PER_HOUR. This will be removed in Commons Lang 3.0.
static int MILLIS_IN_MINUTE
          Deprecated. Use MILLIS_PER_MINUTE. This will be removed in Commons Lang 3.0.
static int MILLIS_IN_SECOND
          Deprecated. Use MILLIS_PER_SECOND. This will be removed in Commons Lang 3.0.
static long MILLIS_PER_DAY
          Number of milliseconds in a standard day.
static long MILLIS_PER_HOUR
          Number of milliseconds in a standard hour.
static long MILLIS_PER_MINUTE
          Number of milliseconds in a standard minute.
static long MILLIS_PER_SECOND
          Number of milliseconds in a standard second.
static int RANGE_MONTH_MONDAY
          A month range, the week starting on Monday.
static int RANGE_MONTH_SUNDAY
          A month range, the week starting on Sunday.
static int RANGE_WEEK_CENTER
          A week range, centered around the day focused.
static int RANGE_WEEK_MONDAY
          A week range, starting on Monday.
static int RANGE_WEEK_RELATIVE
          A week range, starting on the day focused.
static int RANGE_WEEK_SUNDAY
          A week range, starting on Sunday.
static int SEMI_MONTH
          This is half a month, so this represents whether a date is in the top or bottom half of the month.
static TimeZone UTC_TIME_ZONE
          The UTC time zone (often referred to as GMT).
 
Constructor Summary
DateUtils()
          DateUtils instances should NOT be constructed in standard programming.
 
Method Summary
static boolean isSameDay(Calendar cal1, Calendar cal2)
          Checks if two calendar objects are on the same day ignoring time.
static boolean isSameDay(Date date1, Date date2)
          Checks if two date objects are on the same day ignoring time.
static boolean isSameInstant(Calendar cal1, Calendar cal2)
          Checks if two calendar objects represent the same instant in time.
static boolean isSameInstant(Date date1, Date date2)
          Checks if two date objects represent the same instant in time.
static boolean isSameLocalTime(Calendar cal1, Calendar cal2)
          Checks if two calendar objects represent the same local time.
static Iterator iterator(Calendar focus, int rangeStyle)
          This constructs an Iterator that will start and stop over a date range based on the focused date and the range style.
static Iterator iterator(Date focus, int rangeStyle)
          This constructs an Iterator that will start and stop over a date range based on the focused date and the range style.
static Iterator iterator(Object focus, int rangeStyle)
          This constructs an Iterator that will start and stop over a date range based on the focused date and the range style.
static Date parseDate(String str, String[] parsePatterns)
          Parses a string representing a date by trying a variety of different parsers.
static Calendar round(Calendar date, int field)
          Round this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.
static Date round(Date date, int field)
          Round this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.
static Date round(Object date, int field)
          Round this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.
static Calendar truncate(Calendar date, int field)
          Truncate this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.
static Date truncate(Date date, int field)
          Truncate this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.
static Date truncate(Object date, int field)
          Truncate this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

UTC_TIME_ZONE

public static final TimeZone UTC_TIME_ZONE
The UTC time zone (often referred to as GMT).

MILLIS_PER_SECOND

public static final long MILLIS_PER_SECOND
Number of milliseconds in a standard second.
Since:
2.1

MILLIS_PER_MINUTE

public static final long MILLIS_PER_MINUTE
Number of milliseconds in a standard minute.
Since:
2.1

MILLIS_PER_HOUR

public static final long MILLIS_PER_HOUR
Number of milliseconds in a standard hour.
Since:
2.1

MILLIS_PER_DAY

public static final long MILLIS_PER_DAY
Number of milliseconds in a standard day.
Since:
2.1

SEMI_MONTH

public static final int SEMI_MONTH
This is half a month, so this represents whether a date is in the top or bottom half of the month.

RANGE_WEEK_SUNDAY

public static final int RANGE_WEEK_SUNDAY
A week range, starting on Sunday.

RANGE_WEEK_MONDAY

public static final int RANGE_WEEK_MONDAY
A week range, starting on Monday.

RANGE_WEEK_RELATIVE

public static final int RANGE_WEEK_RELATIVE
A week range, starting on the day focused.

RANGE_WEEK_CENTER

public static final int RANGE_WEEK_CENTER
A week range, centered around the day focused.

RANGE_MONTH_SUNDAY

public static final int RANGE_MONTH_SUNDAY
A month range, the week starting on Sunday.

RANGE_MONTH_MONDAY

public static final int RANGE_MONTH_MONDAY
A month range, the week starting on Monday.

MILLIS_IN_SECOND

public static final int MILLIS_IN_SECOND
Deprecated. Use MILLIS_PER_SECOND. This will be removed in Commons Lang 3.0.

Number of milliseconds in a standard second.

MILLIS_IN_MINUTE

public static final int MILLIS_IN_MINUTE
Deprecated. Use MILLIS_PER_MINUTE. This will be removed in Commons Lang 3.0.

Number of milliseconds in a standard minute.

MILLIS_IN_HOUR

public static final int MILLIS_IN_HOUR
Deprecated. Use MILLIS_PER_HOUR. This will be removed in Commons Lang 3.0.

Number of milliseconds in a standard hour.

MILLIS_IN_DAY

public static final int MILLIS_IN_DAY
Deprecated. Use MILLIS_PER_DAY. This will be removed in Commons Lang 3.0.

Number of milliseconds in a standard day.
Constructor Detail

DateUtils

public DateUtils()

DateUtils instances should NOT be constructed in standard programming. Instead, the class should be used as DateUtils.parse(str);.

This constructor is public to permit tools that require a JavaBean instance to operate.

Method Detail

isSameDay

public static boolean isSameDay(Date date1,
                                Date date2)

Checks if two date objects are on the same day ignoring time.

28 Mar 2002 13:45 and 28 Mar 2002 06:01 would return true. 28 Mar 2002 13:45 and 12 Mar 2002 13:45 would return false.

Parameters:
date1 - the first date, not altered, not null
date2 - the second date, not altered, not null
Returns:
true if they represent the same day
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if either date is null
Since:
2.1

isSameDay

public static boolean isSameDay(Calendar cal1,
                                Calendar cal2)

Checks if two calendar objects are on the same day ignoring time.

28 Mar 2002 13:45 and 28 Mar 2002 06:01 would return true. 28 Mar 2002 13:45 and 12 Mar 2002 13:45 would return false.

Parameters:
cal1 - the first calendar, not altered, not null
cal2 - the second calendar, not altered, not null
Returns:
true if they represent the same day
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if either calendar is null
Since:
2.1

isSameInstant

public static boolean isSameInstant(Date date1,
                                    Date date2)

Checks if two date objects represent the same instant in time.

This method compares the long millisecond time of the two objects.

Parameters:
date1 - the first date, not altered, not null
date2 - the second date, not altered, not null
Returns:
true if they represent the same millisecond instant
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if either date is null
Since:
2.1

isSameInstant

public static boolean isSameInstant(Calendar cal1,
                                    Calendar cal2)

Checks if two calendar objects represent the same instant in time.

This method compares the long millisecond time of the two objects.

Parameters:
cal1 - the first calendar, not altered, not null
cal2 - the second calendar, not altered, not null
Returns:
true if they represent the same millisecond instant
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if either date is null
Since:
2.1

isSameLocalTime

public static boolean isSameLocalTime(Calendar cal1,
                                      Calendar cal2)

Checks if two calendar objects represent the same local time.

This method compares the values of the fields of the two objects. In addition, both calendars must be the same of the same type.

Parameters:
cal1 - the first calendar, not altered, not null
cal2 - the second calendar, not altered, not null
Returns:
true if they represent the same millisecond instant
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if either date is null
Since:
2.1

parseDate

public static Date parseDate(String str,
                             String[] parsePatterns)
                      throws ParseException

Parses a string representing a date by trying a variety of different parsers.

The parse will try each parse pattern in turn. A parse is only deemed sucessful if it parses the whole of the input string. If no parse patterns match, a ParseException is thrown.

Parameters:
str - the date to parse, not null
parsePatterns - the date format patterns to use, see SimpleDateFormat, not null
Returns:
the parsed date
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the date string or pattern array is null
ParseException - if none of the date patterns were suitable

round

public static Date round(Date date,
                         int field)

Round this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.

For example, if you had the datetime of 28 Mar 2002 13:45:01.231, if this was passed with HOUR, it would return 28 Mar 2002 14:00:00.000. If this was passed with MONTH, it would return 1 April 2002 0:00:00.000.

For a date in a timezone that handles the change to daylight saving time, rounding to Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY will behave as follows. Suppose daylight saving time begins at 02:00 on March 30. Rounding a date that crosses this time would produce the following values:

Parameters:
date - the date to work with
field - the field from Calendar or SEMI_MONTH
Returns:
the rounded date
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the date is null
ArithmeticException - if the year is over 280 million

round

public static Calendar round(Calendar date,
                             int field)

Round this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.

For example, if you had the datetime of 28 Mar 2002 13:45:01.231, if this was passed with HOUR, it would return 28 Mar 2002 14:00:00.000. If this was passed with MONTH, it would return 1 April 2002 0:00:00.000.

For a date in a timezone that handles the change to daylight saving time, rounding to Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY will behave as follows. Suppose daylight saving time begins at 02:00 on March 30. Rounding a date that crosses this time would produce the following values:

Parameters:
date - the date to work with
field - the field from Calendar or SEMI_MONTH
Returns:
the rounded date (a different object)
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the date is null
ArithmeticException - if the year is over 280 million

round

public static Date round(Object date,
                         int field)

Round this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.

For example, if you had the datetime of 28 Mar 2002 13:45:01.231, if this was passed with HOUR, it would return 28 Mar 2002 14:00:00.000. If this was passed with MONTH, it would return 1 April 2002 0:00:00.000.

For a date in a timezone that handles the change to daylight saving time, rounding to Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY will behave as follows. Suppose daylight saving time begins at 02:00 on March 30. Rounding a date that crosses this time would produce the following values:

Parameters:
date - the date to work with, either Date or Calendar
field - the field from Calendar or SEMI_MONTH
Returns:
the rounded date
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the date is null
ClassCastException - if the object type is not a Date or Calendar
ArithmeticException - if the year is over 280 million

truncate

public static Date truncate(Date date,
                            int field)

Truncate this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.

For example, if you had the datetime of 28 Mar 2002 13:45:01.231, if you passed with HOUR, it would return 28 Mar 2002 13:00:00.000. If this was passed with MONTH, it would return 1 Mar 2002 0:00:00.000.

Parameters:
date - the date to work with
field - the field from Calendar or SEMI_MONTH
Returns:
the rounded date
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the date is null
ArithmeticException - if the year is over 280 million

truncate

public static Calendar truncate(Calendar date,
                                int field)

Truncate this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.

For example, if you had the datetime of 28 Mar 2002 13:45:01.231, if you passed with HOUR, it would return 28 Mar 2002 13:00:00.000. If this was passed with MONTH, it would return 1 Mar 2002 0:00:00.000.

Parameters:
date - the date to work with
field - the field from Calendar or SEMI_MONTH
Returns:
the rounded date (a different object)
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the date is null
ArithmeticException - if the year is over 280 million

truncate

public static Date truncate(Object date,
                            int field)

Truncate this date, leaving the field specified as the most significant field.

For example, if you had the datetime of 28 Mar 2002 13:45:01.231, if you passed with HOUR, it would return 28 Mar 2002 13:00:00.000. If this was passed with MONTH, it would return 1 Mar 2002 0:00:00.000.

Parameters:
date - the date to work with, either Date or Calendar
field - the field from Calendar or SEMI_MONTH
Returns:
the rounded date
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the date is null
ClassCastException - if the object type is not a Date or Calendar
ArithmeticException - if the year is over 280 million

iterator

public static Iterator iterator(Date focus,
                                int rangeStyle)

This constructs an Iterator that will start and stop over a date range based on the focused date and the range style.

For instance, passing Thursday, July 4, 2002 and a RANGE_MONTH_SUNDAY will return an Iterator that starts with Sunday, June 30, 2002 and ends with Saturday, August 3, 2002.

Parameters:
focus - the date to work with
rangeStyle - the style constant to use. Must be one of the range styles listed for the iterator(Calendar, int) method.
Returns:
the date iterator
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the date is null or if the rangeStyle is not

iterator

public static Iterator iterator(Calendar focus,
                                int rangeStyle)

This constructs an Iterator that will start and stop over a date range based on the focused date and the range style.

For instance, passing Thursday, July 4, 2002 and a RANGE_MONTH_SUNDAY will return an Iterator that starts with Sunday, June 30, 2002 and ends with Saturday, August 3, 2002.

Parameters:
focus - the date to work with
rangeStyle - the style constant to use. Must be one of RANGE_MONTH_SUNDAY, RANGE_MONTH_MONDAY, RANGE_WEEK_SUNDAY, RANGE_WEEK_MONDAY, RANGE_WEEK_RELATIVE, RANGE_WEEK_CENTER
Returns:
the date iterator
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the date is null

iterator

public static Iterator iterator(Object focus,
                                int rangeStyle)

This constructs an Iterator that will start and stop over a date range based on the focused date and the range style.

For instance, passing Thursday, July 4, 2002 and a RANGE_MONTH_SUNDAY will return an Iterator that starts with Sunday, June 30, 2002 and ends with Saturday, August 3, 2002.

Parameters:
focus - the date to work with, either Date or Calendar
rangeStyle - the style constant to use. Must be one of the range styles listed for the iterator(Calendar, int) method.
Returns:
the date iterator
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the date is null
ClassCastException - if the object type is not a Date or Calendar
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