DateUtils.java

/**
 * Copyright 2012 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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package org.n52.geoar.settings;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class DateUtils {

	private static SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
			"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", Locale.getDefault());

	public static String getISOString(Date date) {
		return dateFormatter.format(date);
	}

	public static String getISOString(Calendar calendar) {
		return dateFormatter.format(calendar.getTime());
	}

	public static Date getDateFromISOString(String string) {
		try {
			return dateFormatter.parse(string);
		} catch (ParseException e) {
			// TODO
			e.printStackTrace();
			return null;
		}
	}

}