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/*
 *
 * This is a simple Content Management System (CMS)
 * Copyright (C) 2010  Imran M Yousuf (imyousuf@smartitengineering.com)
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package com.smartitengineering.cms.ws.common.utils;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;
import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateFormatUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateUtils;

/**
 *
 * @author imyousuf
 */
public final class Utils {

    private Utils() {
    }

    public static String getFormattedDate(Date date) {
        return DateFormatUtils.ISO_DATETIME_TIME_ZONE_FORMAT.format(date);
    }

    public static Date parseStringAsDate(String dateString) throws ParseException {
        return DateUtils.parseDate(dateString,
                new String[] { DateFormatUtils.ISO_DATETIME_TIME_ZONE_FORMAT.getPattern() });
    }
}