com.atlassian.jira.web.util
Class OutlookDate

java.lang.Object
  com.atlassian.jira.web.util.OutlookDate

public class OutlookDate
extends java.lang.Object

Class to give a nice String representation of a date (inspired by Outlook)

Note: This class is not Threadsafe due to its use of DateFormat objects. Do not cache this object across Threads.

Field Summary

static int	OTHER
static int	THIS_WEEK
static int	TODAY
static int	YESTERDAY

Constructor Summary

OutlookDate(java.util.Locale locale)

Method Summary

int	daysAgo(java.util.Date date)
int	daysAgo(java.util.Date oldDate, java.util.Date newDate) The method determines whether the date lies between now and previous midnight (TODAY), between now and the midnight before previous (YESTERDAY), or between now and 7 midnghts ago (THIS_WEEK).
void	flushCache()
java.lang.String	format()
java.lang.String	format(java.util.Date date)
java.lang.String	format(java.util.Date date, java.util.Locale remoteUserLocale) Deprecated. Please use format(java.util.Date) instead.
java.lang.String	formatDatePicker(java.util.Date date)
java.lang.String	formatDay(java.util.Date date)
java.lang.String	formatDMY(java.util.Date date)
java.lang.String	formatDMYHMS(java.util.Date date)
java.lang.String	formatRss(java.util.Date date) Format a date for RSS feeds.
java.lang.String	formatTime(java.util.Date date)
java.lang.String	getCompleteDateTimeFormat()
java.lang.String	getDatePickerFormat()
java.util.Locale	getLocale()
java.util.Date	getNow()
boolean	isDatePickerDate(java.lang.String value)
java.util.Date	parseCompleteDateTime(java.lang.String value)
java.util.Date	parseDatePicker(java.lang.String value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TODAY

public static final int TODAY

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Constant Field Values

YESTERDAY

public static final int YESTERDAY

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Constant Field Values

THIS_WEEK

public static final int THIS_WEEK

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Constant Field Values

OTHER

public static final int OTHER

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

OutlookDate

public OutlookDate(java.util.Locale locale)

Method Detail

getLocale

public java.util.Locale getLocale()

flushCache

public void flushCache()

formatDMY

public java.lang.String formatDMY(java.util.Date date)

formatDMYHMS

public java.lang.String formatDMYHMS(java.util.Date date)

formatTime

public java.lang.String formatTime(java.util.Date date)

formatDay

public java.lang.String formatDay(java.util.Date date)

formatDatePicker

public java.lang.String formatDatePicker(java.util.Date date)

formatRss

public java.lang.String formatRss(java.util.Date date)

Format a date for RSS feeds. Uses MailDateFormat to format the dates

format

public java.lang.String format()

format

public java.lang.String format(java.util.Date date)

format

public java.lang.String format(java.util.Date date,
                               java.util.Locale remoteUserLocale)

Deprecated. Please use format(java.util.Date) instead.

getNow

public java.util.Date getNow()

daysAgo

public int daysAgo(java.util.Date date)

daysAgo

public int daysAgo(java.util.Date oldDate,
                   java.util.Date newDate)

The method determines whether the date lies between now and previous midnight (TODAY), between now and the midnight before previous (YESTERDAY), or between now and 7 midnghts ago (THIS_WEEK). If the passed in date does not fall in any of the mentioned ranges, the method returns OTHER.

parseDatePicker

public java.util.Date parseDatePicker(java.lang.String value)
                               throws java.text.ParseException

Throws:

java.text.ParseException

parseCompleteDateTime

public java.util.Date parseCompleteDateTime(java.lang.String value)
                                     throws java.text.ParseException

Throws:

java.text.ParseException

getDatePickerFormat

public java.lang.String getDatePickerFormat()

isDatePickerDate

public boolean isDatePickerDate(java.lang.String value)

getCompleteDateTimeFormat

public java.lang.String getCompleteDateTimeFormat()