/**
* Is this user current - is the current date after their start date and before their end date?
*
* @param user
* @param week
* @return
*/
protected boolean isCurrentUser(User user, Long week) {
Long startWeek = DateHandler.getWeekNumber(parseDate(user.getStartDate(), "Jan 11, 2011"));
Long endWeek = DateHandler.getWeekNumber(parseDate(user.getEndDate(), "Dec 31, 9999"));
if (startWeek.compareTo(week) <= 0 && endWeek.compareTo(week) >= 0) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
/**
* Parse a date from a string. Because the backend and the UI disagreed for a while about the
* standard date format to use, the code has to be able to parse either format
*
* @param dateString
* @param defaultDate
* @return
*/
private DateTime parseDate(String dateString, String defaultDateString) {
if (dateString == null || dateString.length() < 1) {
return DateHandler.getDateFromString(defaultDateString);
}
try {
return DateHandler.getDateFromString(dateString);
} catch (Exception e) {
try {
return OLD_FORMAT.parseDateTime(dateString);
} catch (Exception e1) {
}
}
return DateHandler.getDateFromString(defaultDateString);
}