org.jwat.warc

Class WarcDateParser

java.lang.Object

org.jwat.warc.WarcDateParser

public final class WarcDateParser
extends Object

WARC-Date parser and format validator. The format "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'" is specified in the WARC ISO standard.

Author:

lbihanic, selghissassi, nicl

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Date	getDate(String dateStr) Parses the date using the format "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ".
static DateFormat	getDateFormat() Return a DateFormat object which can be used to string format WARC dates.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getDate

public static Date getDate(String dateStr)

Parses the date using the format "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ".

Parameters:

dateStr - the date to parse

Returns:

the formatted date or null based on whether the date to parse is compliant with the format "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ" or not

getDateFormat

public static DateFormat getDateFormat()

Return a DateFormat object which can be used to string format WARC dates.

Returns:

DateFormat object which can be used to string format WARC dates.