/*
Copyright (C) 2005 Andreas Rudert
All programs in this directory and
subdirectories are published under the GNU General Public License as
described below.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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*/
package net.sf.jabref.export.layout.format;
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import net.sf.jabref.export.layout.LayoutFormatter;
/**
* Inserts the current date (the time a database is being exported).
*
* <p>If a fieldText is given, it must be a valid {@link SimpleDateFormat} pattern.
* If none is given, the format pattern will be <code>yyyy.MM.dd hh:mm:ss z</code></p>
*
* @author andreas_sf at rudert-home dot de
* @version $Revision: 1329 $
*/
public class CurrentDate implements LayoutFormatter
{
private static final String defaultFormat = "yyyy.MM.dd hh:mm:ss z";
/*
* (non-Javadoc)
* @see net.sf.jabref.export.layout.LayoutFormatter#format(java.lang.String)
*/
public String format(String fieldText)
{
String format = defaultFormat;
if (fieldText != null && !"".equals(fieldText.trim())) {
format = fieldText;
}
return new SimpleDateFormat(format).format(new Date());
}
}