Class StdDateFormat

java.lang.Object
java.text.Format
java.text.DateFormat
com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.StdDateFormat
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable

public class StdDateFormat extends DateFormat
Jackson's internal DateFormat implementation used by standard Date serializers and deserializers to implement default behavior: does NOT fully implement all aspects expected by DateFormat and as a consequence SHOULD NOT to be used by code outside core Jackson databind functionality. In particular, ParsePosition argument of parse(String, ParsePosition) and format(Date, StringBuffer, FieldPosition) methods is fully ignored; Jackson itself never calls these methods.

For serialization defaults to using an ISO-8601 compliant format (format String "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ") and for deserialization, both ISO-8601 and RFC-1123.
Note that `Z` in format String refers to ISO-8601 time offset notation which produces values like "-08:00" -- that is, full minute/hour combo without colon, and not using `Z` as alias for "+00:00". Inclusion of colon as separator, as default setting, started in Jackson 2.11: prior versions omitted it. Note that it is possible to enable/disable use of colon in time offset by using method withColonInTimeZone(boolean) for creating new differently configured format instance, and configuring ObjectMapper with it.

TODO: in Jackson 2.14 or later, should change behavior to fail if ParsePosition is specified by caller (at least with non-0 offset).

See Also:
  • Field Details

    • DATE_FORMAT_STR_ISO8601

      public static final String DATE_FORMAT_STR_ISO8601
      Defines a commonly used date format that conforms to ISO-8601 date formatting standard, when it includes basic undecorated timezone definition.
      See Also:
    • instance

      public static final StdDateFormat instance
      A singleton instance can be used for cloning purposes, as a blueprint of sorts.
  • Constructor Details

    • StdDateFormat

      public StdDateFormat()
    • StdDateFormat

      @Deprecated public StdDateFormat(TimeZone tz, Locale loc)
      Deprecated.
  • Method Details

    • getDefaultTimeZone

      public static TimeZone getDefaultTimeZone()
    • withTimeZone

      public StdDateFormat withTimeZone(TimeZone tz)
      Method used for creating a new instance with specified timezone; if no timezone specified, defaults to the default timezone (UTC).
    • withLocale

      public StdDateFormat withLocale(Locale loc)
      "Mutant factory" method that will return an instance that uses specified Locale: either this instance (if setting would not change), or newly constructed instance with different Locale to use.
    • withLenient

      public StdDateFormat withLenient(Boolean b)
      "Mutant factory" method that will return an instance that has specified leniency setting: either this instance (if setting would not change), or newly constructed instance.
      Since:
      2.9
    • withColonInTimeZone

      public StdDateFormat withColonInTimeZone(boolean b)
      "Mutant factory" method that will return an instance that has specified handling of colon when serializing timezone (timezone either written like +0500 or +05:00): either this instance (if setting would not change), or newly constructed instance with desired setting for colon inclusion.

      NOTE: does NOT affect deserialization as colon is optional accepted but not required -- put another way, either serialization is accepted by this class.

      Since:
      2.9.1
    • clone

      public StdDateFormat clone()
      Overrides:
      clone in class DateFormat
    • getISO8601Format

      @Deprecated public static DateFormat getISO8601Format(TimeZone tz, Locale loc)
      Deprecated.
      Since 2.9
      Method for getting a non-shared DateFormat instance that uses specified timezone and can handle simple ISO-8601 compliant date format.
      Since:
      2.4
    • getRFC1123Format

      @Deprecated public static DateFormat getRFC1123Format(TimeZone tz, Locale loc)
      Deprecated.
      Since 2.9
      Method for getting a non-shared DateFormat instance that uses specific timezone and can handle RFC-1123 compliant date format.
      Since:
      2.4
    • getTimeZone

      public TimeZone getTimeZone()
      Overrides:
      getTimeZone in class DateFormat
    • setTimeZone

      public void setTimeZone(TimeZone tz)
      Overrides:
      setTimeZone in class DateFormat
    • setLenient

      public void setLenient(boolean enabled)
      Need to override since we need to keep track of leniency locally, and not via underlying Calendar instance like base class does.
      Overrides:
      setLenient in class DateFormat
    • isLenient

      public boolean isLenient()
      Overrides:
      isLenient in class DateFormat
    • isColonIncludedInTimeZone

      public boolean isColonIncludedInTimeZone()
      Accessor for checking whether this instance would include colon within timezone serialization or not: if {code true}, timezone offset is serialized like -06:00; if {code false} as -0600.

      NOTE: only relevant for serialization (formatting), as deserialization (parsing) always accepts optional colon but does not require it, regardless of this setting.

      Returns:
      true if a colon is to be inserted between the hours and minutes of the TZ offset when serializing as String; otherwise false
      Since:
      2.9.1
    • parse

      public Date parse(String dateStr) throws ParseException
      Overrides:
      parse in class DateFormat
      Throws:
      ParseException
    • parse

      public Date parse(String dateStr, ParsePosition pos)
      Specified by:
      parse in class DateFormat
    • format

      public StringBuffer format(Date date, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition fieldPosition)
      Specified by:
      format in class DateFormat
    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
    • toPattern

      public String toPattern()
    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object o)
      Overrides:
      equals in class DateFormat
    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class DateFormat