org.osesb.utilities.misc
Class DocumentumUTCDateTimeHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.osesb.utilities.misc.DocumentumUTCDateTimeHelper

public class DocumentumUTCDateTimeHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Static methods for dealing with date-time queries against the Documentum connector where the date-time field is given as a string representing a UTC. For example: '2006-10-01T12:00:00Z'.

Field Summary

protected static java.lang.String	thisClassName The full name of this class.
static java.lang.String	UTC_DATE_FORMAT UTC Date format string.
static java.lang.String	UTC_TIME_FORMAT UTC Time format string.

Constructor Summary

DocumentumUTCDateTimeHelper()

Method Summary

static java.util.Date	convertUTCStringToDate(java.lang.String utcString) Converts a UTC String to a java.util.Date in the local time zone.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) main() For testing.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

thisClassName

protected static java.lang.String thisClassName

The full name of this class.

UTC_DATE_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String UTC_DATE_FORMAT

UTC Date format string. The date format for the for the UTC Strings we to convert.

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Constant Field Values

UTC_TIME_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String UTC_TIME_FORMAT

UTC Time format string. The time format for the UTC Strings we to convert.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DocumentumUTCDateTimeHelper

public DocumentumUTCDateTimeHelper()

Method Detail

convertUTCStringToDate

public static java.util.Date convertUTCStringToDate(java.lang.String utcString)
                                             throws java.lang.Exception

Converts a UTC String to a java.util.Date in the local time zone. The UTC String is assumed to take the form yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ssZ, where 'T' is the seperator character between the date and the time and where 'Z' stands for Zulu and terminates the UTC String. UTC was formally known as Greenwich Mean Time or Zulu time. There is no such thing as a standard UTC String, hence the assumption on the form that utcString takes.

Parameters:

utcString - The UTC date-time String.

Returns:

a java.util.Date in the local time zone.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if an error is encountered during the conversion.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

main() For testing.

Parameters:

args - commandline arguments