Class DateConverter


  • public class DateConverter
    extends java.lang.Object
    This class is used to convert dates to strings and back using the PDF date standards. Date are described in PDFReference1.4 section 3.8.2
    Version:
    $Revision: 1.6 $
    Author:
    Ben Litchfield, Christopher Oezbek
    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static java.util.Calendar toCalendar​(java.lang.String date)
      This will convert a string to a calendar.
      static java.lang.String toISO8601​(java.util.Calendar cal)
      Convert the date to iso 8601 string format.
      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
    • Method Detail

      • toCalendar

        public static java.util.Calendar toCalendar​(java.lang.String date)
                                             throws java.io.IOException
        This will convert a string to a calendar.
        Parameters:
        date - The string representation of the calendar.
        Returns:
        The calendar that this string represents.
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException - If the date string is not in the correct format.
      • toISO8601

        public static java.lang.String toISO8601​(java.util.Calendar cal)
        Convert the date to iso 8601 string format.
        Parameters:
        cal - The date to convert.
        Returns:
        The date represented as an ISO 8601 string.