loci.common

Class DateTools

java.lang.Object

loci.common.DateTools

public final class DateTools
extends Object

A utility class with convenience methods for working with dates.

Author:

Curtis Rueden ctrueden at wisc.edu, Chris Allan callan at blackcat.ca, Melissa Linkert melissa at glencoesoftware.com

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	ALT_ZVI
static long	ALT_ZVI_EPOCH
static int	COBOL
static long	COBOL_EPOCH
static String	FILENAME_FORMAT Human readable timestamp filename string
static String	ISO8601_FORMAT ISO 8601 date output formatter without milliseconds.
static String	ISO8601_FORMAT_MS ISO 8601 date output formatter with milliseconds.
static int	MICROSOFT
static long	MICROSOFT_EPOCH
static String	TIMESTAMP_FORMAT Human readable timestamp string
static int	UNIX Timestamp formats.
static long	UNIX_EPOCH Milliseconds until UNIX epoch.
static int	ZVI
static long	ZVI_EPOCH

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	convertDate(long stamp, int format) Converts the given timestamp into an ISO8601 date.
static String	convertDate(long stamp, int format, String outputFormat) Converts the given timestamp into a date string with the given format.
static String	convertDate(long stamp, int format, String outputFormat, boolean correctTimeZoneForGMT) Converts the given timestamp into a date string with the given format.
static String	formatDate(String date, String format) Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.
static String	formatDate(String date, String[] formats) Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.
static String	formatDate(String date, String[] formats, boolean lenient) Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.
static String	formatDate(String date, String[] formats, boolean lenient, String separator) Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.
static String	formatDate(String date, String[] formats, String separator) Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.
static String	formatDate(String date, String format, boolean lenient) Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.
static String	formatDate(String date, String format, boolean lenient, String separator) Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.
static String	formatDate(String date, String format, String separator) Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.
static String	getFileTimestamp()
static long	getMillisFromTicks(long hi, long lo) Converts from two-word tick representation to milliseconds.
static long	getTime(String date, String format) Converts a string date in the given format to a long timestamp (in Unix format: milliseconds since January 1, 1970).
static long	getTime(String date, String format, String separator) Converts a string date in the given format to a long timestamp (in Unix format: milliseconds since January 1, 1970) with special milliseconds handling.
static String	getTimestamp()
protected static org.joda.time.Instant	parseDate(String date, String format, String separator) Parse the given date as a Joda instant

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UNIX

public static final int UNIX

Timestamp formats.

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COBOL

public static final int COBOL

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MICROSOFT

public static final int MICROSOFT

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ZVI

public static final int ZVI

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ALT_ZVI

public static final int ALT_ZVI

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UNIX_EPOCH

public static final long UNIX_EPOCH

Milliseconds until UNIX epoch.

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COBOL_EPOCH

public static final long COBOL_EPOCH

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MICROSOFT_EPOCH

public static final long MICROSOFT_EPOCH

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ZVI_EPOCH

public static final long ZVI_EPOCH

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ALT_ZVI_EPOCH

public static final long ALT_ZVI_EPOCH

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ISO8601_FORMAT_MS

public static final String ISO8601_FORMAT_MS

ISO 8601 date output formatter with milliseconds.

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ISO8601_FORMAT

public static final String ISO8601_FORMAT

ISO 8601 date output formatter without milliseconds.

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TIMESTAMP_FORMAT

public static final String TIMESTAMP_FORMAT

Human readable timestamp string

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FILENAME_FORMAT

public static final String FILENAME_FORMAT

Human readable timestamp filename string

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Method Detail

getMillisFromTicks

public static long getMillisFromTicks(long hi,
                                      long lo)

Converts from two-word tick representation to milliseconds. Mainly useful in conjunction with COBOL date conversion.

Parameters:

hi - the upper 32 bits of the tick count

lo - the lower 32 bits of the tick count

Returns:

the number of milliseconds corresponding to the tick count, where 1 tick = 100 ns

convertDate

public static String convertDate(long stamp,
                                 int format)

Converts the given timestamp into an ISO8601 date.

Parameters:

stamp - the format-dependent timestamp

format - the format in which stamp is stored. This is used to select the epoch value used for normalizing the timestamp to milliseconds since the UNIX epoch. Valid values are #UNIX, #COBOL, #MICROSOFT, #ZVI, and #ALT_ZVI.

Returns:

an ISO 8601 formatted timestamp

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UNIX_EPOCH, COBOL_EPOCH, MICROSOFT_EPOCH, ZVI_EPOCH, ALT_ZVI_EPOCH

convertDate

public static String convertDate(long stamp,
                                 int format,
                                 String outputFormat)

Converts the given timestamp into a date string with the given format.

Parameters:

stamp - the format-dependent timestamp

format - the format in which stamp is stored. This is used to select the epoch value used for normalizing the timestamp to milliseconds since the UNIX epoch. Valid values are #UNIX, #COBOL, #MICROSOFT, #ZVI, and #ALT_ZVI.

outputFormat - the pattern used for formatting the timestamp

Returns:

a timestamp in the specified output format

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UNIX_EPOCH, COBOL_EPOCH, MICROSOFT_EPOCH, ZVI_EPOCH, ALT_ZVI_EPOCH, DateTimeFormat

convertDate

public static String convertDate(long stamp,
                                 int format,
                                 String outputFormat,
                                 boolean correctTimeZoneForGMT)

Converts the given timestamp into a date string with the given format. If correctTimeZoneForGMT is set, then the timestamp will be interpreted as being relative to GMT and not the local time zone.

Parameters:

stamp - the format-dependent timestamp

format - the format in which stamp is stored. This is used to select the epoch value used for normalizing the timestamp to milliseconds since the UNIX epoch. Valid values are #UNIX, #COBOL, #MICROSOFT, #ZVI, and #ALT_ZVI.

outputFormat - the pattern used for formatting the timestamp

correctTimeZoneForGMT - true if the timestamp is relative to GMT

Returns:

a timestamp in the specified output format

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UNIX_EPOCH, COBOL_EPOCH, MICROSOFT_EPOCH, ZVI_EPOCH, ALT_ZVI_EPOCH, DateTimeFormat

parseDate

protected static org.joda.time.Instant parseDate(String date,
                                                 String format,
                                                 String separator)

Parse the given date as a Joda instant

Parameters:

date - The date to parse as a Joda timestamp

format - The date format to parse the string date

separator - The separator for milliseconds

Returns:

the Joda Instant object representing the timestamp

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Instant

formatDate

public static String formatDate(String date,
                                String format)

Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date. Delegates to formatDate(String, String, boolean), with the lenient flag set to false.

Parameters:

date - The date to format as ISO 8601

format - The date format to parse the string date

Returns:

an ISO 8601 formatted timestamp

formatDate

public static String formatDate(String date,
                                String format,
                                String separator)

Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date. Delegates to formatDate(String, String, boolean, String) with the lenient flag set to false.

Parameters:

date - The date to format as ISO 8601

format - The date format to parse the string date

separator - The separator for milliseconds

Returns:

an ISO 8601 formatted timestamp

formatDate

public static String formatDate(String date,
                                String format,
                                boolean lenient)

Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.

Parameters:

date - The date to format as ISO 8601.

format - The date format to parse the string date

lenient - Whether or not to leniently parse the date.

Returns:

an ISO 8601 formatted timestamp

formatDate

public static String formatDate(String date,
                                String format,
                                boolean lenient,
                                String separator)

Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.

Parameters:

date - The date to format as ISO 8601

format - The date format to parse the string date

lenient - Whether or not to leniently parse the date.

separator - The separator for milliseconds

Returns:

an ISO 8601 formatted timestamp

formatDate

public static String formatDate(String date,
                                String[] formats)

Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date. Delegates to formatDate(String, String[], boolean, String) with lenient set to false and separator set to null.

Parameters:

date - The date to format as ISO 8601

formats - The date possible formats to parse the string date

Returns:

an ISO 8601 formatted timestamp

formatDate

public static String formatDate(String date,
                                String[] formats,
                                boolean lenient)

Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date. Delegates to formatDate(String, String[], boolean, String) with separator set to null.

Parameters:

date - The date to format as ISO 8601.

formats - The date possible formats to parse the string date

lenient - Whether or not to leniently parse the date.

Returns:

an ISO 8601 formatted timestamp

formatDate

public static String formatDate(String date,
                                String[] formats,
                                String separator)

Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date. Delegates to formatDate(String, String[], boolean, String) with lenient set to false.

Parameters:

date - The date to format as ISO 8601

formats - The date possible formats to parse the string date

separator - The separator for milliseconds

Returns:

an ISO 8601 formatted timestamp

formatDate

public static String formatDate(String date,
                                String[] formats,
                                boolean lenient,
                                String separator)

Formats the given date as an ISO 8601 date.

Parameters:

date - The date to format as ISO 8601.

formats - The date possible formats to parse the string date

lenient - Whether or not to leniently parse the date.

separator - The separator for milliseconds

Returns:

an ISO 8601 formatted timestamp

getTime

public static long getTime(String date,
                           String format)

Converts a string date in the given format to a long timestamp (in Unix format: milliseconds since January 1, 1970).

Parameters:

date - The date to convert

format - The date format to parse the string date

Returns:

The date in milliseconds

getTime

public static long getTime(String date,
                           String format,
                           String separator)

Converts a string date in the given format to a long timestamp (in Unix format: milliseconds since January 1, 1970) with special milliseconds handling.

Parameters:

date - The date to convert

format - The date format to parse the string date

separator - The separator for milliseconds

Returns:

The date in milliseconds

getTimestamp

public static String getTimestamp()

Returns:

a timestamp for the current timezone in a human-readable locale-independent format ("YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS")

getFileTimestamp

public static String getFileTimestamp()

Returns:

a timestamp for the current timezone in a format suitable for a filename in a locale-independent format ("YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS")