DateUtil.java

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package org.wisdom.api.utils;

import org.joda.time.DateTime;
import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat;
import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public final class DateUtil {

    private DateUtil() {
        // Hide implicit constructor
    }

    /**
     * From here: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1123.txt.
     */
    private static final DateTimeFormatter RFC1123_DATE_FORMAT = DateTimeFormat
            .forPattern("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'")
            .withLocale(Locale.US)
            .withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC);

    /**
     * Can be used to format a date into http header compatible
     * strings.
     * <p>
     * It can be used to generate something like:
     * Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:16:19 GMT
     * Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
     *
     * @param date The date to format
     * @return a http header compatible string like "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
     */
    public static String formatForHttpHeader(Date date) {
        return RFC1123_DATE_FORMAT.print(new DateTime(date));
    }

    /**
     * Can be used to format a unix timestamp into
     * http header compatible strings.
     * <p>
     * It can be used to generate something like:
     * Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:16:19 GMT
     * Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
     *
     * @param date The long (unixtime) to format
     * @return a http header compatible string like "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"
     */
    public static String formatForHttpHeader(Long date) {
        return RFC1123_DATE_FORMAT.print(new DateTime(date));
    }


    /**
     * Can be used to parse http times. For instance something like a http header
     * Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT
     * <p>
     * INFO: consider the JodaTime based DateUtil.parseHttpDateFormatToDateTime(...) version
     *
     * @param httpDateFormat in http format: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT
     * @return A nice "Date" object containing that http timestamp.
     * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException If something goes wrong.
     */
    public static Date parseHttpDateFormat(String httpDateFormat) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        return parseHttpDateFormatToDateTime(httpDateFormat).toDate();
    }

    /**
     * Can be used to parse http times. For instance something like a http header
     * Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT
     *
     * @param httpDateFormat in http format: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:47:13 GMT
     * @return A nice "DateTime" (JodaTime) object containing that http timestamp.
     * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException If something goes wrong.
     */
    public static DateTime parseHttpDateFormatToDateTime(String httpDateFormat) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        return RFC1123_DATE_FORMAT.parseDateTime(httpDateFormat);

    }

}