dfischer.femtowebserver.lib
Class ZoneTime

java.lang.Object
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public class ZoneTime

extends java.lang.Object

Library for date and time - supports time zones.

See Also:

Httpd.setTimeZone(java.lang.String)

Field Summary

static java.lang.String[]	MONTH_SHORT_STRING Array[0..11], of (all) short month names.
static java.lang.String[]	MONTH_SHORT_STRING_UPPECASE Array[0..11], of (all) short month names in UPPERCASE.
static java.lang.String[][]	TIME_ZONE Array[time-zone-description 0 .. time-zone-description n-1][time-zone-ID] of all time zones.

Method Summary

static java.util.Date	currentDate() Returns the current date in the time zone GMT.
static java.lang.String	dateToShortString() Returns the current date in the default time zone as text string, formatted as "DD MMM YYYY HH:MM:SS.mmm".
static java.lang.String	dateToShortString(java.util.Date date, boolean millis) Returns a recalculated GMT date in the default time zone as text string, formatted as "DD MMM YYYY HH:MM:SS[.mmm]".
static java.lang.String	dateToShortString(java.util.Date date, java.lang.String timeZone, boolean millis) Returns a recalculated GMT date in the desired time zone as text string, formatted as "DD MMM YYYY HH:MM:SS[.mmm]".
static java.lang.String	dateToShortString(java.lang.String timeZone, boolean millis) Returns the current date in the desired time zone as text string, formatted as "DD MMM YYYY HH:MM:SS[.mmm]".
static java.lang.String	getDefaultTimeZone() Returns the default time zone ID.
static java.util.GregorianCalendar	getGregorianCalendar(java.util.Date date, java.lang.String timeZone) Creates a calendar in a desired time zone, based on a GMT date.
static java.util.TimeZone	getTimeZone(java.lang.String timeZone) Converts the time zone ID to a java.util.TimeZone
static void	setDefaultTimeZone(java.lang.String timeZone) Alters the default time zone.
static java.lang.String	timeZoneToFullString(java.lang.String timeZone) Translates a time zone ID to its specific text-description

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MONTH_SHORT_STRING

public static final java.lang.String[] MONTH_SHORT_STRING

Array[0..11], of (all) short month names.

MONTH_SHORT_STRING = {"Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"};

MONTH_SHORT_STRING_UPPECASE

public static final java.lang.String[] MONTH_SHORT_STRING_UPPECASE

Array[0..11], of (all) short month names in UPPERCASE.

MONTH_SHORT_STRING_UPPECASE = {"JAN","FEB","MAR","APR","MAY","JUN","JUL","AUG","SEP","OCT","NOV","DEC"};

TIME_ZONE

public static final java.lang.String[][] TIME_ZONE

Array[time-zone-description 0 .. time-zone-description n-1][time-zone-ID] of all time zones.

      TIME_ZONE[][] =
		{{"(GMT -11:00) Midway-Islands, Samoa","MIT"},
		 {"(GMT -10:00) Hawaii","HST"},
		 {"(GMT -9:00)  Alaska","AST"},
		 {"(GMT -8:00)  Pacific Time (US and Canada), Tijuana","PST"},
		 {"(GMT -7:00)  Mountain Time (US and Canada)","MST"},
		 {"(GMT -7:00)  Arizona","PNT"},
		 {"(GMT -6:00)  Central Time (US and Canada)","CST"},
		 {"(GMT -5:00)  Eastern Time","EST"},
		 {"(GMT -5:00)  Bogota, Lima, Quito, Indiana","IET"},
		 {"(GMT -4:00)  Atlantic","PRT"},
		 {"(GMT -3:30)  Newfoundland","CNT"},
		 {"(GMT -3:00)  Brasil","BET"},
		 {"(GMT -1:00)  Azores, Cape Verde Islands","CAT"},
		 {"(GMT)        GMT, Casablanca, Monrovia","GMT"},
		 {"(GMT)        Dublin, Edinburg, Lissabon, London","WET"},
		 {"(GMT +1:00)  Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Paris, Madrid, Rom, Wien","ECT"},
		 {"(GMT +2:00)  Athen, Istambul, Helsinki","EET"},
		 {"(GMT +3:00)  Bagdad, Kuwait, Riad","EAT"},
		 {"(GMT +3:30)  Teheran","MET"},
		 {"(GMT +4:00)  Abu Dhabi, Tiflis","NET"},
		 {"(GMT +5:00)  Islamabad, Karachi","PLT"},
		 {"(GMT +5:30)  New-Dehlhi, Bombay, Calcutta","IST"},
		 {"(GMT +6:00)  Dakka, Colombo","BST"},
		 {"(GMT +7:00)  Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta","VST"},
		 {"(GMT +8:00)  Peking, Hongkong","CTT"},
		 {"(GMT +9:00)  Osaka, Sapporor, Tokio","JST"},
		 {"(GMT +9:30)  Darwin","ACT"},
		 {"(GMT +10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney","AET"},
		 {"(GMT +11:00) Salomon-Islands","SST"},
		 {"(GMT +12:00) Auckland, Wellington","NST"}};
		

Method Detail

setDefaultTimeZone

public static void setDefaultTimeZone(java.lang.String timeZone)

Alters the default time zone. The pre-configured value is "ECT".

Parameters:

timeZone - time zone ID

getDefaultTimeZone

public static java.lang.String getDefaultTimeZone()

Returns the default time zone ID.

Returns:

default time zone ID

getTimeZone

public static java.util.TimeZone getTimeZone(java.lang.String timeZone)

Converts the time zone ID to a java.util.TimeZone

Parameters:

timeZone - time zone ID

Returns:

java.util.TimeZone equivalent java.util.TimeZone

timeZoneToFullString

public static java.lang.String timeZoneToFullString(java.lang.String timeZone)

Translates a time zone ID to its specific text-description

Parameters:

time - zone ID

Returns:

text-description of time zone

currentDate

public static java.util.Date currentDate()

Returns the current date in the time zone GMT.

Returns:

current date in the time zone GMT

getGregorianCalendar

public static java.util.GregorianCalendar getGregorianCalendar(java.util.Date date,
                                                               java.lang.String timeZone)

Creates a calendar in a desired time zone, based on a GMT date.

Parameters:

date - date in the time zone GMT

timeZone - desired time zone of calendar

Returns:

time zone specific calendar

See Also:

currentDate()

dateToShortString

public static java.lang.String dateToShortString()

Returns the current date in the default time zone as text string, formatted as "DD MMM YYYY HH:MM:SS.mmm".

Returns:

current date in the default time zone as text string

See Also:

setDefaultTimeZone(java.lang.String)

dateToShortString

public static java.lang.String dateToShortString(java.lang.String timeZone,
                                                 boolean millis)

Returns the current date in the desired time zone as text string, formatted as "DD MMM YYYY HH:MM:SS[.mmm]".

Parameters:

timeZone - time zone ID of desired time zone

millis - flag: if true, the result text string contains also milliseconds

Returns:

current date in the desired time zone as text string

dateToShortString

public static java.lang.String dateToShortString(java.util.Date date,
                                                 boolean millis)

Returns a recalculated GMT date in the default time zone as text string, formatted as "DD MMM YYYY HH:MM:SS[.mmm]".

Parameters:

date - date in the time zone GMT

millis - flag: if true, the result text string contains also milliseconds

Returns:

recalculated date of current time zone as text string

See Also:

currentDate(), setDefaultTimeZone(java.lang.String)

dateToShortString

public static java.lang.String dateToShortString(java.util.Date date,
                                                 java.lang.String timeZone,
                                                 boolean millis)

Returns a recalculated GMT date in the desired time zone as text string, formatted as "DD MMM YYYY HH:MM:SS[.mmm]".

Parameters:

date - date in the time zone GMT

timeZone - time zone ID of desired time zone

millis - flag: if true, the result text string contains also milliseconds

Returns:

recalculated date of desired time zone as text string

See Also:

currentDate()