com.here.msdkui.common

Class DateFormatterUtil

java.lang.Object

com.here.msdkui.common.DateFormatterUtil

public final class DateFormatterUtil
extends java.lang.Object

A convenience class to convert Date to a readable string representation or to convert a formatted string to a Calendar representation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	format(android.content.Context context, java.util.Date date) Converts Date to a short string representation using abbreviations.
static java.lang.String	format(java.util.Date date) Converts Date to a string representation using DateFormat.SHORT and the default locale of device.
static java.util.Calendar	format(java.lang.String dateString) Converts the given string of format dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss to Calendar.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

format

public static java.util.Calendar format(java.lang.String dateString)

Converts the given string of format dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss to Calendar.

Parameters:

dateString - source string to be converted to Calendar.

Returns:

a Calendar or null when source string could not be parsed.

format

public static java.lang.String format(java.util.Date date)

Converts Date to a string representation using DateFormat.SHORT and the default locale of device.

Parameters:

date - the Date to be converted to string representation.

Returns:

a formatted string.

format

public static java.lang.String format(android.content.Context context,
                                      java.util.Date date)

Converts Date to a short string representation using abbreviations.

In general, times are abbreviated by not showing the minutes if they are 0. For example, instead of "3:00pm" the time would be abbreviated to "3pm". If date is not today, month is shown as a 3-letter string.

Parameters:

context - the required context.

date - the Date to be converted to string representation.

Returns:

a string containing the formatted date.