Java UTC Date getUTCCalendarFromDialogString(String dateString)

Description

Convert a string date from a dialog date to a UTC calendar ready to be stored in the repository

License

LGPL

Declaration

public static Calendar getUTCCalendarFromDialogString(String dateString) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static final String YYYY_MM_DD = "yyyy-MM-dd";
    public static final String YYYY_MM_DD_T_HH_MM_SS = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss";
    public static final TimeZone UTC_TIME_ZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");

    /**
     * Convert a string date from a dialog date to a UTC calendar ready to be stored in the repository
     */
    public static Calendar getUTCCalendarFromDialogString(String dateString) throws ParseException {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = (dateString.length() > YYYY_MM_DD.length())
                ? new SimpleDateFormat(YYYY_MM_DD_T_HH_MM_SS)
                : new SimpleDateFormat(YYYY_MM_DD);
        return getUTCCalendarFromLocalDate(sdf.parse(dateString));
    }

    /**
     * Convert a local date time to a UTC calendar
     */
    public static Calendar getUTCCalendarFromLocalDate(Date date) {
        Calendar instance = Calendar.getInstance(UTC_TIME_ZONE);
        instance.setTimeInMillis(date.getTime());
        return instance;
    }
}

Related

1. getUTC()
2. getUTC(String beforeFormart, String afterFormart, String dateStr)
3. getUTCCalendar()
4. getUTCCalendar()
5. getUTCCalendar(Calendar value)
6. getUTCDate()
7. getUtcDate(String date, String pattern)
8. getUTCDateFromString(String date)
9. getUtcDateString()