Android Open Source - EBrowser Date Utils

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/*
 * Zirco Browser for Android/*  w w  w  . j a va2 s .  com*/
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2010 - 2011 J. Devauchelle and contributors.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 */

package org.zirco.utils;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

import com.mrpej.ebrowser.R;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;

/**
 * Utilities for date / time management.
 */
public class DateUtils {
  
  /**
   * Get the default date format.
   * @param context The current context.
   * @return The default date format.
   */
  private static String getDefaultFormat(Context context) {
    return context.getResources().getString(R.string.DATE_FORMAT_ISO8601);
  }
  
  /**
   * Get a string representation of the current date / time in a format suitable for a file name.
   * @return A string representation of the current date / time.
   */
  public static String getNowForFileName() {
    Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss");
    
    return sdf.format(c.getTime());
  }
  
  /**
   * Parse a string representation of a date in default format to a Date object.
   * @param context The current context.
   * @param date The date to convert.
   * @return The converted date. If an error occurs during conversion, will be the current date.
   */
  public static Date convertFromDatabase(Context context, String date) {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(getDefaultFormat(context));
    
    try {
      
      return sdf.parse(date);
      
    } catch (ParseException e) {
      Log.w(DateUtils.class.toString(), "Error parsing date (" + date + "): " + e.getMessage());
      
      return new Date();
    }
  }

}

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