Package org.jxmpp.util

Class XmppDateTime

java.lang.Object

org.jxmpp.util.XmppDateTime

public class XmppDateTime
extends Object

Utility class for date and time handling in XMPP.

See Also:

XEP-82: XMPP Date and Time Profiles

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XmppDateTime()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	asString(TimeZone timeZone)	Converts a time zone to the String format as specified in XEP-0082.
static String	convertRfc822TimezoneToXep82(String dateString)	Convert a RFC 822 Timezone to the Timezone format used in XEP-82.
static String	convertXep82TimezoneToRfc822(String dateString)	Converts a XEP-0082 date String's time zone definition into a RFC822 time zone definition.
static String	formatXEP0082Date(Date date)	Formats a Date into a XEP-0082 - XMPP Date and Time Profiles string.
static Date	parseDate(String dateString)	Parses the given date string in either of the three profiles of XEP-0082 - XMPP Date and Time Profiles or XEP-0091 - Legacy Delayed Delivery format.
static Date	parseXEP0082Date(String dateString)	Parses the given date string in the XEP-0082 - XMPP Date and Time Profiles.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmppDateTime

public XmppDateTime()

Method Detail

parseXEP0082Date

public static Date parseXEP0082Date(String dateString)
                             throws ParseException

Parses the given date string in the XEP-0082 - XMPP Date and Time Profiles.

Parameters:

dateString - the date string to parse

Returns:

the parsed Date

Throws:

ParseException - if the specified string cannot be parsed

parseDate

public static Date parseDate(String dateString)
                      throws ParseException

Parses the given date string in either of the three profiles of XEP-0082 - XMPP Date and Time Profiles or XEP-0091 - Legacy Delayed Delivery format.

This method uses internal date formatters and is thus threadsafe.

Parameters:

dateString - the date string to parse

Returns:

the parsed Date

Throws:

ParseException - if the specified string cannot be parsed

formatXEP0082Date

public static String formatXEP0082Date(Date date)

Formats a Date into a XEP-0082 - XMPP Date and Time Profiles string.

Parameters:

date - the time value to be formatted into a time string

Returns:

the formatted time string in XEP-0082 format

convertXep82TimezoneToRfc822

public static String convertXep82TimezoneToRfc822(String dateString)

Converts a XEP-0082 date String's time zone definition into a RFC822 time zone definition. The major difference is that XEP-0082 uses a semicolon between hours and minutes and RFC822 does not.

Parameters:

dateString - the date String.

Returns:

the String with converted timezone

convertRfc822TimezoneToXep82

public static String convertRfc822TimezoneToXep82(String dateString)

Convert a RFC 822 Timezone to the Timezone format used in XEP-82.

Parameters:

dateString - the input date String.

Returns:

the input String with the timezone converted to XEP-82.

asString

public static String asString(TimeZone timeZone)

Converts a time zone to the String format as specified in XEP-0082.

Parameters:

timeZone - the time zone to convert.

Returns:

the String representation of the TimeZone