DateUtil.java

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package org.apache.mina.http;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class DateUtil {

    private final static Locale LOCALE = Locale.US;
    private final static TimeZone GMT_ZONE;
    private final static String RFC_1123_PATTERN = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz";
    private final static DateFormat RFC_1123_FORMAT;

    /** Pattern to find digits only. */
    private final static Pattern DIGIT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^\\d+$");

    static {
        RFC_1123_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat(DateUtil.RFC_1123_PATTERN, DateUtil.LOCALE);
        GMT_ZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
        DateUtil.RFC_1123_FORMAT.setTimeZone(DateUtil.GMT_ZONE);
    }

    public static String getCurrentAsString() {
        return DateUtil.RFC_1123_FORMAT.format(new Date());
    }

    /**
     * Translate a given date <code>String</code> in the <em>RFC 1123</em>
     * format to a <code>long</code> representing the number of milliseconds
     * since epoch.
     * 
     * @param dateString a date <code>String</code> in the <em>RFC 1123</em>
     *            format.
     * @return the parsed <code>Date</code> in milliseconds.
     */
    private static long parseDateStringToMilliseconds(final String dateString) {

        try {
            return DateUtil.RFC_1123_FORMAT.parse(dateString).getTime();
        } catch (final ParseException e) {
            return 0;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Parse a given date <code>String</code> to a <code>long</code>
     * representation of the time. Where the provided value is all digits the
     * value is returned as a <code>long</code>, otherwise attempt is made to
     * parse the <code>String</code> as a <em>RFC 1123</em> date.
     * 
     * @param dateValue the value to parse.
     * @return the <code>long</code> value following parse, or zero where not
     *         successful.
     */
    public static long parseToMilliseconds(final String dateValue) {

        long ms = 0;

        if (DateUtil.DIGIT_PATTERN.matcher(dateValue).matches()) {
            ms = Long.parseLong(dateValue);
        } else {
            ms = parseDateStringToMilliseconds(dateValue);
        }

        return ms;
    }

    /**
     * Converts a millisecond representation of a date to a
     * <code>RFC 1123</code> formatted <code>String</code>.
     * 
     * @param dateValue the <code>Date</code> represented as milliseconds.
     * @return a <code>String</code> representation of the date.
     */
    public static String parseToRFC1123(final long dateValue) {

        final Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        calendar.setTimeInMillis(dateValue);

        return DateUtil.RFC_1123_FORMAT.format(calendar.getTime());
    }

    /**
     * Convert a given <code>Date</code> object to a <code>RFC 1123</code>
     * formatted <code>String</code>.
     * 
     * @param date the <code>Date</code> object to convert
     * @return a <code>String</code> representation of the date.
     */
    public static String getDateAsString(Date date) {
        return RFC_1123_FORMAT.format(date);
    }

}