Formatter that caches formatted date information : Date Format « Data Type « Java Tutorial






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import java.util.Date;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.FieldPosition;
import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

/**
 * Fast date formatter that caches recently formatted date information
 * and uses it to avoid too-frequent calls to the underlying
 * formatter.  Note: breaks fieldPosition param of format(Date,
 * StringBuffer, FieldPosition).  If you care about the field
 * position, call the underlying DateFormat directly.
 *
 * @author Stan Bailes
 * @author Alex Chaffee
 **/
public class FastDateFormat extends DateFormat {
    DateFormat    df;
    long          lastSec = -1;
    StringBuffer  sb      = new StringBuffer();
    FieldPosition fp      = new FieldPosition(DateFormat.MILLISECOND_FIELD);

    public FastDateFormat(DateFormat df) {
        this.df = df;
    }

    public Date parse(String text, ParsePosition pos) {
        return df.parse(text, pos);
    }

    /**
     * Note: breaks functionality of fieldPosition param. Also:
     * there's a bug in SimpleDateFormat with "S" and "SS", use "SSS"
     * instead if you want a msec field.
     **/
    public StringBuffer format(Date date, StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                               FieldPosition fieldPosition) {
        long dt = date.getTime();
        long ds = dt / 1000;
        if (ds != lastSec) {
            sb.setLength(0);
            df.format(date, sb, fp);
            lastSec = ds;
        } else {
            // munge current msec into existing string
            int ms = (int)(dt % 1000);
            int pos = fp.getEndIndex();
            int begin = fp.getBeginIndex();
            if (pos > 0) {
                if (pos > begin)
                    sb.setCharAt(--pos, Character.forDigit(ms % 10, 10));
                ms /= 10;
                if (pos > begin)
                    sb.setCharAt(--pos, Character.forDigit(ms % 10, 10));
                ms /= 10;
                if (pos > begin)
                    sb.setCharAt(--pos, Character.forDigit(ms % 10, 10));
            }
        }
        toAppendTo.append(sb.toString());
        return toAppendTo;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String format = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS";
        if (args.length > 0)
            format = args[0];
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        FastDateFormat fdf = new FastDateFormat(sdf);
        Date d = new Date();

        d.setTime(1); System.out.println(fdf.format(d) + "\t" + sdf.format(d));
        d.setTime(20); System.out.println(fdf.format(d) + "\t" + sdf.format(d));
        d.setTime(500); System.out.println(fdf.format(d) + "\t" + sdf.format(d));
        d.setTime(543); System.out.println(fdf.format(d) + "\t" + sdf.format(d));
        d.setTime(999); System.out.println(fdf.format(d) + "\t" + sdf.format(d));
        d.setTime(1050); System.out.println(fdf.format(d) + "\t" + sdf.format(d));
        d.setTime(2543); System.out.println(fdf.format(d) + "\t" + sdf.format(d));
        d.setTime(12345); System.out.println(fdf.format(d) + "\t" + sdf.format(d));
        d.setTime(12340); System.out.println(fdf.format(d) + "\t" + sdf.format(d));

        final int reps = 100000;
        {
            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {
                d.setTime(System.currentTimeMillis());
                fdf.format(d);
            }
            long elap = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
            System.out.println("fast: " + elap + " elapsed");
            System.out.println(fdf.format(d));
        }
        {
            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {
                d.setTime(System.currentTimeMillis());
                sdf.format(d);
            }
            long elap = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
            System.out.println("slow: " + elap + " elapsed");
            System.out.println(sdf.format(d));
        }
    }
}








2.41.Date Format
2.41.1.Date Parsing and Formatting with DateFormat
2.41.2.Parsing the Time Using a Custom Format
2.41.3.Parse with a custom format
2.41.4.Parse with a default format
2.41.5.Parse string date value input with SimpleDateFormat('dd-MMM-yy')
2.41.6.Parse a date and time
2.41.7.Parse string date value input with SimpleDateFormat('E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z')
2.41.8.Parse string date value with default format: DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT)
2.41.9.Leniency
2.41.10.Formatting String Symbols for SimpleDateFormat
2.41.11.SimpleDateFormat: hh:mm:ss, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss zzz, E MMM dd yyyy
2.41.12.Simply format a date as YYYYMMDD
2.41.13.Express a duration in term of HH:MM:SS
2.41.14.Date Format with SimpleDateFormat
2.41.15.Demonstrate date formats with different DateFormat constants
2.41.16.Demonstrate time formats.
2.41.17.DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL,DateFormat.MEDIUM)
2.41.18.print out the current date and time
2.41.19.Date Era change
2.41.20.Format Date with System.out.format
2.41.21.SimpleDateFormat
2.41.22.Formatting Dates and Times
2.41.23.Four different date formats for four countries: US, UK, GERMANY, FRANCE
2.41.24.Various Date formatVarious Date format
2.41.25.Display date with day name in a short format
2.41.26.Display date with a short day and month name
2.41.27.Format a date into dd/mm/yyyy
2.41.28.Format current date and time with the SimpleDateFormat: dd/MM/yyyy
2.41.29.Format current date and time with the SimpleDateFormat: HH:mm:ss
2.41.30.Formatting Symbols for SimpleDateFormat
2.41.31.Formatting the Time Using a Custom Format
2.41.32.Change date formatting symbols
2.41.33.Get a List of Short Month Names
2.41.34.Get a List of Weekday Names
2.41.35.Get a List of Short Weekday Names
2.41.36.Time in 12-hour format
2.41.37.Time in 24-hour format
2.41.38.Date and time with month
2.41.39.Date and time with day and month fully spelled-out
2.41.40.Output current time: %tc
2.41.41.Formatter that caches formatted date information
2.41.42.RFC date format
2.41.43.A formatter that formats dates to show the elapsed time relative to some base date.