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/** * Copyright (c) 2013, QBit-Labs Inc. (http://qbit-labs.org) All Rights Reserved. * * QBit-Labs Inc. licenses this file to you under the Apache License, * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except * in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ package org.labs.qbit.location.utils; import org.joda.time.DateTime; import java.util.Date; public class DateUtil { /** * Create joda's date time object with the given string expression * * @param dateExpression * date expression string * @param defaultDateTime * DateTime * @return Datetime */ public static DateTime dateTimeFromString(String dateExpression, DateTime defaultDateTime) { LocationLogger.debug(DateUtil.class, "Creating datetime from String expression [{}], with default datetime [{}]", dateExpression, defaultDateTime); try { return dateExpression == null ? defaultDateTime : DateTime.parse(dateExpression); } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) { throw new LocationException(LocationErrorBox.dateBuildErrorCode, ex.getMessage(), ex); } } /** * Create java.util.Date object from the given string * * @param dateExpression * date expression String * @param defaultDate * Date time * @return JodaTime */ public static Date dateFromString(String dateExpression, Date defaultDate) { return dateExpression == null ? defaultDate : dateTimeFromString(dateExpression, new DateTime(defaultDate)).toDate(); } }