info.aduna.text
Class DateTimeUtil

java.lang.Object
  info.aduna.text.DateTimeUtil

public class DateTimeUtil
extends Object

Constructor Summary

DateTimeUtil()

Method Summary

static String	getNiceDateTimeString(Date date) Gets a "nice" human readable string for the supplied date.
static String	getNiceDateTimeString(long date) Converts the supplied 'date' to a Date object and call getNiceDateTimeString(Date).
static String	getNiceDurationString(long duration) Gets a "nice" human readable string for the supplied duration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateTimeUtil

public DateTimeUtil()

Method Detail

getNiceDateTimeString

public static String getNiceDateTimeString(long date)

Converts the supplied 'date' to a Date object and call getNiceDateTimeString(Date).

See Also:

getNiceDateTimeString(long)

getNiceDateTimeString

public static String getNiceDateTimeString(Date date)

Gets a "nice" human readable string for the supplied date. This method distinguishes between the following situations:

• Dates for today; these are shown as time only (e.g.: 12:15
• Dates for yesterday; these are shown as "Yesterday" plus the time (e.g. Yesterday 16:40
• Dates before yesterday but no older than half a year; these are shown as a combination of month, day and time (e.g.: Aug 30 16:30
• Dates older than half a year or dates after today; these are shown as a combination of year, month and day, but no time (e.g.: Jan 1, 2001).

getNiceDurationString

public static String getNiceDurationString(long duration)

Gets a "nice" human readable string for the supplied duration. Example results are:

• duration < 1 sec: 512ms
• 1 sec <= duration < 1 min: 34s
• 1 min <= duration < 1 hour: 45m
• 1 hour >= duration < 1 day: 4h
• duration > 1 day: 5d

Parameters:

duration - A time in milliseconds

Returns:

A human readable string representing the duration.