utility class for iso 8601 dates

enabler/test/de/schildbach/pte/util/Iso8601Format.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package de.schildbach.pte.util;
+
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andreas Schildbach
+ */
+public class Iso8601Format extends SimpleDateFormat
+{
+	private Iso8601Format(String formatString)
+	{
+		super(formatString);
+	}
+
+	public static DateFormat newTimeFormat()
+	{
+		return new Iso8601Format("HH:mm:ss");
+	}
+
+	public static DateFormat newDateFormat()
+	{
+		return new Iso8601Format("yyyy-MM-dd");
+	}
+
+	public static DateFormat newDateTimeFormat()
+	{
+		return new Iso8601Format("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
+	}
+
+	public static String formatDateTime(final Date date)
+	{
+		return newDateTimeFormat().format(date);
+	}
+
+	public static Date parseDateTime(final String date) throws ParseException
+	{
+		return newDateTimeFormat().parse(date);
+	}
+}