com.knowgate.dateutils

Class DateHelper

java.lang.Object

com.knowgate.dateutils.DateHelper

public class DateHelper
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Calendar	toCalendar(Object dt) Try to convert the given object to a java.util.Calendar
static Date	toDate(Object dt) Try to convert the given object to a java.util.Date
static Date	toSQLDate(Object dt) Try to convert the given object to a java.sql.Date
static Timestamp	toTimestamp(Object dt) Try to convert the given object to a java.sql.Timestamp

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateHelper

public DateHelper()

Method Detail

toDate

public static Date toDate(Object dt)
                   throws ClassCastException

Try to convert the given object to a java.util.Date

Parameters:

dt - Object of class java.util.Date, java.sql.Date, java.util.Calendar, java.sql.Timestamp or String The recognized string formats are: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-dd", "dd-MM-yyyy" and "yyyyMMdd"

Returns:

Date

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the conversion cannot be performed

toCalendar

public static Calendar toCalendar(Object dt)
                           throws ClassCastException

Try to convert the given object to a java.util.Calendar

Parameters:

dt - Object of class java.util.Date, java.sql.Date, java.util.Calendar, java.sql.Timestamp or String The recognized string formats are: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-dd", "dd-MM-yyyy" and "yyyyMMdd"

Returns:

Calendar

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the conversion cannot be performed

toTimestamp

public static Timestamp toTimestamp(Object dt)
                             throws ClassCastException

Try to convert the given object to a java.sql.Timestamp

Parameters:

dt - Object of class java.util.Date, java.sql.Date, java.util.Calendar, java.sql.Timestamp or String The recognized string formats are: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", "yyyy-MM-dd", "dd-MM-yyyy" and "yyyyMMdd"

Returns:

Calendar

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the conversion cannot be performed

toSQLDate

public static Date toSQLDate(Object dt)
                      throws ClassCastException

Try to convert the given object to a java.sql.Date

Parameters:

dt - Object of class java.util.Date, java.sql.Date, java.util.Calendar, java.sql.Timestamp or String The recognized string formats are: "yyyy-MM-dd", "dd-MM-yyyy" and "yyyyMMdd"

Returns:

Date

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the conversion cannot be performed