// parses a datetime string that adhears to the given pattern and returns a java.util.Date object public static java.util.Calendar parse(String input, String pattern) throws IllegalArgumentException { if (pattern == null) pattern = DEFAULT_DATETIME_PATTERN; java.util.Calendar output = null; if (input != null) { if (pattern.equals("datetime")) { output = javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.parseDateTime(input); } else if (pattern.equals("date")) { output = javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.parseDate(input); } else if (pattern.equals("time")) { output = javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.parseTime(input); } else if (pattern.equals("milliseconds")) { output = java.util.Calendar.getInstance(); output.setTimeInMillis(Long.parseLong(input)); } else { java.text.DateFormat formatter = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(pattern); formatter.setLenient(false); output = java.util.Calendar.getInstance(); try { output.setTime(formatter.parse(input)); } catch (java.text.ParseException ex) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(tundra.exception.message(ex)); } } } return output; }
// returns the current datetime as an xml datetime string public static String now() { return emit(java.util.Calendar.getInstance()); }