Package de.xima.fc.utils

Class XDateFormatter

java.lang.Object

de.xima.fc.utils.XDateFormatter

public class XDateFormatter
extends Object

Formatter for Dates

Author:

XIMA MEDIA GmbH

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	format(Date date)	Converts the given Date to a LONG date String representation
String	format(Date date, String pattern)	Converts the given Date to a String with the given format pattern
static XDateFormatter	newFormatter(Locale locale)	get a new instance of an XDateFormatter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

newFormatter

public static final XDateFormatter newFormatter(Locale locale)

get a new instance of an XDateFormatter

Parameters:

locale - Locale to be used. If null the default Locale will be used

Returns:

XDateFormatter

format

public String format(Date date)

Converts the given Date to a LONG date String representation

Parameters:

date - Date to be converted to a String

Returns:

String representation of the given date, formatted by the given pattern and locale. If an error occurs while formatting the date will be returned in default format

format

public String format(Date date,
                     String pattern)

Converts the given Date to a String with the given format pattern

Parameters:

date - Date to be converted to a String

pattern - String format pattern

Returns:

String representation of the given date, formatted by the given pattern and locale. If an error occurs while formatting the date will be returned in default format