DateUtils (Apache Ant API)

org.apache.tools.ant.util
Class DateUtils

java.lang.Object

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public final class DateUtils

extends java.lang.Object

Helper methods to deal with date/time formatting with a specific defined format (ISO8601) or a plurialization correct elapsed time in minutes and seconds.

Since:

Ant 1.5

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Stephane Bailliez

, Stefan Bodewig

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ISO8601_DATE_PATTERN ISO8601-like pattern for date.
static java.lang.String	ISO8601_DATETIME_PATTERN ISO8601-like pattern for date-time.
static java.lang.String	ISO8601_TIME_PATTERN ISO8601-like pattern for time.

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	format(java.util.Date date, java.lang.String pattern) Format a date/time into a specific pattern.
static java.lang.String	format(long date, java.lang.String pattern) Format a date/time into a specific pattern.
static java.lang.String	formatElapsedTime(long millis) Format an elapsed time into a plurialization correct string.
static int	getPhaseOfMoon(java.util.Calendar cal) Calculate the phase of the moon for a given date.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ISO8601_DATETIME_PATTERN

public static final java.lang.String ISO8601_DATETIME_PATTERN

ISO8601-like pattern for date-time. It does not support timezone. yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss

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Constant Field Values

ISO8601_DATE_PATTERN

public static final java.lang.String ISO8601_DATE_PATTERN

ISO8601-like pattern for date. yyyy-MM-dd

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Constant Field Values

ISO8601_TIME_PATTERN

public static final java.lang.String ISO8601_TIME_PATTERN

ISO8601-like pattern for time. HH:mm:ss

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

format

public static java.lang.String format(long date,
                                      java.lang.String pattern)

Format a date/time into a specific pattern.

Parameters:

date - the date to format expressed in milliseconds.

pattern - the pattern to use to format the date.

Returns:

the formatted date.

format

public static java.lang.String format(java.util.Date date,
                                      java.lang.String pattern)

Format a date/time into a specific pattern.

Parameters:

date - the date to format expressed in milliseconds.

pattern - the pattern to use to format the date.

Returns:

the formatted date.

formatElapsedTime

public static java.lang.String formatElapsedTime(long millis)

Format an elapsed time into a plurialization correct string. It is limited only to report elapsed time in minutes and seconds and has the following behavior.

• minutes are not displayed when 0. (ie: "45 seconds")
• seconds are always displayed in plural form (ie "0 seconds" or "10 seconds") except for 1 (ie "1 second")

Returns:

the formatted text in minutes/seconds.

getPhaseOfMoon

public static int getPhaseOfMoon(java.util.Calendar cal)

Calculate the phase of the moon for a given date.

Code heavily influenced by hacklib.c in Nethack

The Algorithm:

 moon period = 29.53058 days ~= 30, year = 365.2422 days

 days moon phase advances on first day of year compared to preceding year
  = 365.2422 - 12*29.53058 ~= 11

 years in Metonic cycle (time until same phases fall on the same days of
  the month) = 18.6 ~= 19

 moon phase on first day of year (epact) ~= (11*(year%19) + 18) % 30
  (18 as initial condition for 1900)

 current phase in days = first day phase + days elapsed in year

 6 moons ~= 177 days
 177 ~= 8 reported phases * 22
 + 11/22 for rounding
 

Returns:

The phase of the moon as a number between 0 and 7 with 0 meaning new moon and 4 meaning full moon.

Since:

1.2, Ant 1.5