org.apache.catalina.util
Class Strftime

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.catalina.util.Strftime

public class Strftime
extends java.lang.Object

Converts dates to strings using the same format specifiers as strftime Note: This does not mimic strftime perfectly. Certain strftime commands, are not supported, and will convert as if they were literals. Certain complicated commands, like those dealing with the week of the year probably don't have exactly the same behavior as strftime. These limitations are due to use SimpleDateTime. If the conversion was done manually, all these limitations could be eliminated. The interface looks like a subset of DateFormat. Maybe someday someone will make this class extend DateFormat.

Author:

Bip Thelin, Dan Sandberg

translate

protected static java.util.Properties translate

simpleDateFormat

protected java.text.SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat

Strftime

public Strftime(java.lang.String origFormat)

Create an instance of this date formatting class

See Also:

Strftime( String, Locale )

Strftime

public Strftime(java.lang.String origFormat,
                java.util.Locale locale)

Create an instance of this date formatting class

Parameters:

origFormat - the strftime-style formatting string

locale - the locale to use for locale-specific conversions

format

public java.lang.String format(java.util.Date date)

Format the date according to the strftime-style string given in the constructor.

Parameters:

date - the date to format

Returns:

the formatted date

getTimeZone

public java.util.TimeZone getTimeZone()

Get the timezone used for formatting conversions

Returns:

the timezone

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone timeZone)

Change the timezone used to format dates

See Also:

DateFormat.setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone)

convertDateFormat

protected java.lang.String convertDateFormat(java.lang.String pattern)

Search the provided pattern and get the C standard Date/Time formatting rules and convert them to the Java equivalent.

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern to search

Returns:

The modified pattern

quote

protected java.lang.String quote(java.lang.String str,
                                 boolean insideQuotes)

translateCommand

protected boolean translateCommand(java.lang.StringBuffer buf,
                                   java.lang.String pattern,
                                   int index,
                                   boolean oldInside)

Try to get the Java Date/Time formatting associated with the C standard provided.

Parameters:

buf - The buffer

pattern - The date/time pattern

index - The char index

oldInside - Flag value

Returns:

True if new is inside buffer