bbc.rd.tvanytime.util
Class TimeToolbox

java.lang.Object
  bbc.rd.tvanytime.util.TimeToolbox

public class TimeToolbox
extends java.lang.Object

TimeToolbox: A class (which should be treated as abstract) offering useful methods on TV Anytime time and date types.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Tim Sargeant, BBC Research & Development, May 2002, Tristan Ferne, BBC R&D, September 2003

Method Summary

static java.util.Date	makeDate(java.lang.String tvaTimeString) makeDate - creates and returns a Date object of UTC when given a TVA time format string (eg "2002-05-16T00:30:00Z" or "2002-05-16T00:30:00:+02:30").
static java.lang.String	makeTVATimeString(java.util.Date date) makeTVATimeString - creates and returns a TVA time format string (eg "2002-05-16T00:30:00Z" - ie always GMT) when given a java.util.Date object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

makeDate

public static java.util.Date makeDate(java.lang.String tvaTimeString)
                               throws TVAnytimeException

makeDate - creates and returns a Date object of UTC when given a TVA time format string (eg "2002-05-16T00:30:00Z" or "2002-05-16T00:30:00:+02:30").

Parameters:

tvaTimeString - TVA formatted time string

Returns:

Date a java.util.Date object

Throws:

TVAnytimeException - thrown when there's a problem parsing tvaTimeString

makeTVATimeString

public static java.lang.String makeTVATimeString(java.util.Date date)

makeTVATimeString - creates and returns a TVA time format string (eg "2002-05-16T00:30:00Z" - ie always GMT) when given a java.util.Date object.

Parameters:

date - a java.util.Date object

Returns:

TVA formatted time string