Package org.opencastproject.util

Class DateTimeSupport

java.lang.Object

org.opencastproject.util.DateTimeSupport

public final class DateTimeSupport
extends Object

Utility class used to convert from and to UTC time.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static final class	DateTimeSupport.UtcTimestampAdapter	JAXB adapter that formats dates in UTC format YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ss'Z' up to second, e.g. 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static long	fromUTC(String s)	This methods reads a utc date string and returns it's unix time equivalent in milliseconds.
static String	humanReadableTime(long seconds)	Converts seconds to a human readable time string.
static String	toUTC(long time)	Returns the date and time in milliseconds as a utc formatted string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

fromUTC

public static long fromUTC(String s)
                    throws IllegalStateException,
ParseException

This methods reads a utc date string and returns it's unix time equivalent in milliseconds. i.e. yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ e.g. 2014-09-27T16:25Z

Parameters:

s - the utc string

Returns:

the date/time in milliseconds

Throws:

IllegalStateException

ParseException - if the date string is malformed

toUTC

public static String toUTC(long time)

Returns the date and time in milliseconds as a utc formatted string.

Parameters:

time - the utc time string

Returns:

the local time

humanReadableTime

public static String humanReadableTime(long seconds)

Converts seconds to a human readable time string.