public static void printDate(String date) {
Calendar cal = DateHelper.parseDate(date);
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.LONG);
System.out.println(cal.getTimeZone());
System.out.println(df.format(cal.getTime()));
df.setTimeZone(cal.getTimeZone());
System.out.println(df.format(cal.getTime()));
System.out.println(DateHelper.toDateString(cal));
}
public List format(IFormatter formatter, IMediaProvider mediaProvider) {
List ret = new LinkedList();
if (getValueType() != VARIABLE_VALUE) {
Calendar date = DateHelper.parseDate(getValue());
if (date != null)
ret.addAll(
formatter.formatDate(
date,
mediaProvider.getFormatManager().getFormat(this, getFormatName()),
getFormatOptions(),
mediaProvider.getResourceManager()));
else {
TextContent textContent = new TextContent();
if (this.getValueType() == FormattableContent.STATIC_VALUE)
textContent.setStaticText(this.getValue());
else textContent.setVariableText(this.getValue());
ret.add(textContent);
}
}
return ret;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] dates =
new String[] {
"3/4/1977 3:45:34 pm EST",
"3/4/1977 3:45:34 pm",
"3/4/1977 3:45:34 EST",
"3/4/1977 3:45 pm EST",
"3/4/1977 3:45 pm",
"3/4/1977 3:45 EST",
"3:45:34 pm EST",
"3:45:34 pm",
"3:45:34 EST",
"3/31/2010 3:45:34 pm EST",
"1-4-1977",
"6/4/1977"
};
for (String date : dates) {
printDate(date);
}
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
System.out.println(DateHelper.toDateString(cal));
System.out.println(DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(cal.getTime()));
}