com.atlassian.confluence.core

Class DateFormatter

java.lang.Object

com.atlassian.confluence.core.DateFormatter

public class DateFormatter
extends Object

Formats dates and times into a given timezone in a variety of formats. The actual formats are provided by the FormatSettingsManager which is passed to the constructor. Also allows for formatting into arbitrary formats.

This class is not thread-safe, primarily because DateFormat implementations are not synchronised. You should construct one instance of this class per thread or request.

TODO: Should support user locales

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateFormatter(TimeZone timeZone, FormatSettingsManager formatSettingsManager) Deprecated. Since 3.2 use com.atlassian.confluence.core.DateFormatter#DateFormatter(com.atlassian.confluence.core.TimeZone, com.atlassian.confluence.core.FormatSettingsManager, com.atlassian.confluence.languages.LocaleManager) Create a date formatter for the specified timezone.
DateFormatter(TimeZone timeZone, FormatSettingsManager formatSettingsManager, LocaleManager localeManager)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	format(Date date) Formats the date and returns it as a string, using the date formatting pattern.
String	formatBlogDate(Date date) Formats the date as a blog posting date and returns it as a string.
String	formatDateFull(Date date) Formats the date and returns it as a string, using DateFormat.FULL as the formatting pattern.
String	formatDateTime(Date date) Formats the date and returns it as a string, using the date-time formatting pattern.
String	formatGivenString(String formatString, Date date) Formats the date and returns it as a string, using the given formatting pattern.
static String	formatMillis(long millis)
String	formatServerDate(Date date) Same as format(Date), but doesn't perform time zone conversion.
String	formatServerDateFull(Date date) Same as formatDateFull(Date), but doesn't perform time zone conversion.
String	formatServerDateTime(Date date) Same as formatDateTime(Date), but doesn't perform time zone conversion.
String	formatTime(Date date) Formats the date and returns it as a string, using the time formatting pattern.
Calendar	getCalendar()
String	getCurrentDate()
String	getCurrentDateTime()
String	getDateForBlogPost(Date date)
TimeZone	getTimeZone()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DateFormatter

@Deprecated
public DateFormatter(TimeZone timeZone,
                        FormatSettingsManager formatSettingsManager)

Deprecated. Since 3.2 use com.atlassian.confluence.core.DateFormatter#DateFormatter(com.atlassian.confluence.core.TimeZone, com.atlassian.confluence.core.FormatSettingsManager, com.atlassian.confluence.languages.LocaleManager) Create a date formatter for the specified timezone.

Parameters:

timeZone - the time zone in which dates will be formatted

DateFormatter

public DateFormatter(TimeZone timeZone,
             FormatSettingsManager formatSettingsManager,
             LocaleManager localeManager)

Method Detail

format

public String format(Date date)

Formats the date and returns it as a string, using the date formatting pattern. This format might be 'yyyy-MM-dd' or something similar.

The TimeZone specified in the constructor is used to convert the date from server time to the user's local time.

formatDateTime

public String formatDateTime(Date date)

Formats the date and returns it as a string, using the date-time formatting pattern. This format might be 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss' or something similar.

The TimeZone specified in the constructor is used to convert the date from server time to the user's local time.

formatTime

public String formatTime(Date date)

Formats the date and returns it as a string, using the time formatting pattern. This format might be 'HH:mm:ss' or something similar.

The TimeZone specified in the constructor is used to convert the date from server time to the user's local time.

formatDateFull

public String formatDateFull(Date date)

Formats the date and returns it as a string, using DateFormat.FULL as the formatting pattern.

The TimeZone specified in the constructor is used to convert the date from server time to the user's local time.

formatServerDate

public String formatServerDate(Date date)

Same as format(Date), but doesn't perform time zone conversion.

This is typically used for formatting the posting dates of news items, which must be represented the same for all users.

formatServerDateTime

public String formatServerDateTime(Date date)

Same as formatDateTime(Date), but doesn't perform time zone conversion.

This is typically used for formatting the posting dates of news items, which must be represented the same for all users.

formatBlogDate

public String formatBlogDate(Date date)

Formats the date as a blog posting date and returns it as a string. The format might be 'dd MMM @ h:mm a' or something similar.

This method does not apply the TimeZone specified in the constructor, but instead uses server's default time zone. A blog post date is part of its identifier, therefore it must be consistent for all users.

formatServerDateFull

public String formatServerDateFull(Date date)

Same as formatDateFull(Date), but doesn't perform time zone conversion.

This is typically used for formatting the posting dates of news items, which must be represented the same for all users.

formatGivenString

public String formatGivenString(String formatString,
                       Date date)

Formats the date and returns it as a string, using the given formatting pattern.

The TimeZone specified in the constructor is used to convert the date from server time to the user's local time.

getCurrentDateTime

public String getCurrentDateTime()

Returns:

the current date and time formatted as per formatDateTime(Date)

getCurrentDate

public String getCurrentDate()

Returns:

the current date formatted as per format(Date)

getDateForBlogPost

public String getDateForBlogPost(Date date)

Returns:

the given date time in editor blog post format

getCalendar

public Calendar getCalendar()

Returns:

a Calendar for the TimeZone specified in the constructor.

getTimeZone

public TimeZone getTimeZone()

Returns:

the TimeZone provided when this formatter was created.

Since:

2.7

formatMillis

public static String formatMillis(long millis)

Returns:

a String representing the millisecond value in the format '[h:]mm:ss.S'. That is, hours will only be displayed if non-zero and any trailing zeroes in the milliseconds are truncated.