ucar.visad
Class UtcDate

java.lang.Object
  ucar.visad.UtcDate

public final class UtcDate
extends Object

A set of utility functions for UTC DateTimes

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 2007/05/22 13:52:35 $

Author:

Unidata Development Team

Field Summary

static String	DEFAULT_PATTERN Default time format
static TimeZone	GMT GMT Timezone
static String	HH_FORMAT hour format string (HH)
static String	HH_MM_FORMAT hour:minute format string (HH:mm)
static String	HMS_FORMAT hour:minute:second format string (HH:mm:ss)
static String	MACRO_TIMESTAMP timestamp macro identifier
static String	YMD_FORMAT Year-Month-Day format string

Constructor Summary

UtcDate()
default constructor

Method Summary

static String	applyTimeMacro(String template, DateTime dttm) Apply the timestamp macro to the string
static String	applyTimeMacro(String template, DateTime dttm, String noTimeLabel) Apply the timestamp macro to the string
static boolean	containsTimeMacro(String s) See if the string contains a timestamp macro
static String	formatUtcDate(DateTime dt, String pattern) Return a formated date in UTC time.
static String	getHH(DateTime dt) Get the hour as a String.
static String	getHHMM(DateTime dt) Get the hour:minute as a String.
static String	getHMS(DateTime dt) Get the hour/minute/second as a String
static String	getUtcDate(DateTime dt) Get the full datetime using the DEFAULT_FORMAT
static String	getYMD(DateTime dt) Get the year-month-day as a String

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MACRO_TIMESTAMP

public static final String MACRO_TIMESTAMP

timestamp macro identifier

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YMD_FORMAT

public static final String YMD_FORMAT

Year-Month-Day format string

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HMS_FORMAT

public static final String HMS_FORMAT

hour:minute:second format string (HH:mm:ss)

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HH_MM_FORMAT

public static final String HH_MM_FORMAT

hour:minute format string (HH:mm)

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HH_FORMAT

public static final String HH_FORMAT

hour format string (HH)

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GMT

public static final TimeZone GMT

GMT Timezone

DEFAULT_PATTERN

public static final String DEFAULT_PATTERN

Default time format

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Constructor Detail

UtcDate

public UtcDate()

default constructor

Method Detail

getHH

public static String getHH(DateTime dt)

Get the hour as a String.

Parameters:

dt - DateTime to use

Returns:

hour as a String (HH)

containsTimeMacro

public static boolean containsTimeMacro(String s)

See if the string contains a timestamp macro

Parameters:

s - the string

Returns:

true if it contains the macro

applyTimeMacro

public static String applyTimeMacro(String template,
                                    DateTime dttm)

Apply the timestamp macro to the string

Parameters:

template - the timestamp template

dttm - the DateTime

Returns:

a formatted string of form template

applyTimeMacro

public static String applyTimeMacro(String template,
                                    DateTime dttm,
                                    String noTimeLabel)

Apply the timestamp macro to the string

Parameters:

template - the timestamp template

dttm - the DateTime

noTimeLabel - the label if dttm is null;

Returns:

a formatted string of form template

getHHMM

public static String getHHMM(DateTime dt)

Get the hour:minute as a String.

Parameters:

dt - DateTime to use

Returns:

hour:minute as a String (HH:mm);

getYMD

public static String getYMD(DateTime dt)

Get the year-month-day as a String

Parameters:

dt - DateTime to use

Returns:

year-month-day as a String (yyyy-MM-dd);

getHMS

public static String getHMS(DateTime dt)

Get the hour/minute/second as a String

Parameters:

dt - DateTime to use

Returns:

the hour/minute/second as a String (HH:mm:ss)

getUtcDate

public static String getUtcDate(DateTime dt)

Get the full datetime using the DEFAULT_FORMAT

Parameters:

dt - DateTime to use

Returns:

the formatted UTC date

formatUtcDate

public static String formatUtcDate(DateTime dt,
                                   String pattern)

Return a formated date in UTC time. Uses DateTime.formatString() with the UTC (GMT) time zone.

Parameters:

dt - DateTime object

pattern - format pattern

Returns:

formatted date.