Package org.apache.xmpbox
Class DateConverter
java.lang.Object
org.apache.xmpbox.DateConverter
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
This is (and will not be) a Java date parsing library and will likely still have limited support for various strings as it’s main use case it to parse from PDF date strings.
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Field Summary
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Constructor Summary
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionprivate static Calendar
fromISO8601
(String dateString) Get a Calendar from an ISO8601 date string.static Calendar
toCalendar
(String date) This will convert a string to a calendar.static String
Convert the date to iso 8601 string format.static String
Convert the date to iso 8601 string format.private static void
updateZoneId
(TimeZone tz) Update the zone ID based on the raw offset.
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Field Details
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POTENTIAL_FORMATS
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Constructor Details
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DateConverter
private DateConverter()According to check-style, Utility classes should not have a public or default constructor.
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Method Details
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toCalendar
This will convert a string to a calendar.- Parameters:
date
- The string representation of the calendar.- Returns:
- The calendar that this string represents.
- Throws:
IOException
- If the date string is not in the correct format.
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updateZoneId
Update the zone ID based on the raw offset. This is either GMT, GMT+hh:mm or GMT-hh:mm, where n is between 1 and 14. The highest negative hour is -14, the highest positive hour is 12. Zones that don't fit in this schema are set to zone ID "unknown".- Parameters:
tz
- the time zone to update.
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toISO8601
Convert the date to iso 8601 string format.- Parameters:
cal
- The date to convert.- Returns:
- The date represented as an ISO 8601 string.
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toISO8601
Convert the date to iso 8601 string format.- Parameters:
cal
- The date to convert.printMillis
- Print Milliseconds.- Returns:
- The date represented as an ISO 8601 string.
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fromISO8601
Get a Calendar from an ISO8601 date string.- Parameters:
dateString
-- Returns:
- the Calendar instance.
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