DateTimeUtility.java

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package com.betfair.cougar.util.dates;

import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import org.joda.time.format.ISODateTimeFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class DateTimeUtility {

    private static DateTimeFormatter parser = ISODateTimeFormat.dateTimeParser().withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC);
    private static DateTimeFormatter formatter = ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime().withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC);

    public static String encode(Date date) {
        String dateStr=formatter.print(date.getTime());
        if(!dateStr.endsWith("Z")){
            dateStr=dateStr+"Z";
        }
        return dateStr;
    }

    public static Date parse(String string) {
        return parser.parseDateTime(string).toDate();
    }
}