org.apache.jempbox.impl

Class DateConverter

public class DateConverter extends Object

This class is used to convert dates to strings and back using the PDF date standards. Date are described in PDFReference1.4 section 3.8.2

Version: $Revision: 1.6 $

Author: Ben Litchfield Christopher Oezbek

Method Summary
static CalendartoCalendar(String date)
This will convert a string to a calendar.
static StringtoISO8601(Calendar cal)
Convert the date to iso 8601 string format.

Method Detail

toCalendar

public static Calendar toCalendar(String date)
This will convert a string to a calendar.

Parameters: date The string representation of the calendar.

Returns: The calendar that this string represents.

Throws: IOException If the date string is not in the correct format.

toISO8601

public static String toISO8601(Calendar cal)
Convert the date to iso 8601 string format.

Parameters: cal The date to convert.

Returns: The date represented as an ISO 8601 string.