DateUtils.java

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 *  Copyright (c) 2011 University Of Moratuwa
 *                                                                      
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials     
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at             
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 *                                                                      
 * Contributors:                                                        
 *    Isuru Udana - UI Integration in the Workbench
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package org.eclipse.ecf.salvo.ui.tools;

import org.eclipse.ecf.protocol.nntp.model.IArticle;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.Format;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * This class provides utilities to format article dates 
 *
 */
public class DateUtils {
	private static DateUtils INSTANCE;
	
	/**
	 * @return an instance of DateUtil
	 */
	public static DateUtils instance(){
		if (INSTANCE==null){
			INSTANCE=new DateUtils();
		}
		return INSTANCE;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Makes a pleasant readable date like "today 12:15" or "12:15"
	 * 
	 * @param article 
	 * @param date RFC822 Date
	 * @return a pleasant readable date
	 */
	public String getNiceDate(IArticle article, Date date) {

		if (date != null) {

			Date now = new Date();

			Format formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yy");
			String today = formatter.format(now);
			String articleDate = formatter.format(date);
			
			String formattedDate = DateFormat.getInstance().format(date); 
			
			if (today.equals(articleDate)) {
				String[] fD = formattedDate.split(" ");
				if (fD.length == 2) {
					return "Today " + fD[1];
				} else if (fD.length == 3) {
					return "Today " + fD[1] + " " + fD[2];
				}
			}
			return formattedDate;

		}
		return article.getDate();
	}
}