org.mmbase.util

Class DateFormats

java.lang.Object

org.mmbase.util.DateFormats

public class DateFormats
extends Object

Utility function to create DateFormat instances.

Since:

MMBase-1.7.1

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Michiel Meeuwissen

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
protected static class	DateFormats.DayOfWeekDateFormat There is no DateFormat which can return the day of the week as a number available in java.text package.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateFormats()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static DateFormat	getInstance(String format, String timeZone, Locale locale) Creates a DateFormat instance, based on a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateFormats

public DateFormats()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DateFormat getInstance(String format,
                                     String timeZone,
                                     Locale locale)

Creates a DateFormat instance, based on a String.

Parameters:

format - The format defining the DateFormat. This can be constants like :FULL, :FULL.FULL, :LONG, :MEDIUM or :SHORT. It can also be 'e' for weekday. Also 'RFC822' or 'rfc822' is possible then the quite complicated http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html compliant date and time is made, which comes in handy when you need to create a rss feed f.e. Or none of those, then a SimpleDateFormat is instantiated.

timeZone - A String describing the timeZone (see DateFormat#setTimeZone)

locale - Most DateFormat's need a Locale too.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException