/** Does the parse-work without the mandatory-check */
private String parse2(String external) throws FmtParseException {
// trim blanks on both sides
if (external == null) return "";
external = external.trim();
if (external.length() == 0) return "";
else {
ParsePosition pp = new ParsePosition(0);
Date date = null;
date = dateFormat_.parse(external, pp);
if (date == null || (pp.getIndex() != external.length() && pp.getIndex() > 0)) {
throw new FmtParseException("ATSSyntax", getSampleTS());
}
return TimeStampUtil.date2Internal(date);
}
}
/** @see at.spardat.enterprise.fmt.IFmt#isLegalInternal(String) */
public boolean isLegalInternal(String internal) {
return TimeStampUtil.internal2Date(internal) != null;
}
/** @see at.spardat.enterprise.fmt.IFmt#format(String) */
public String format(String internal) {
if (internal == null || internal.length() == 0) return "";
return dateFormat_.format(TimeStampUtil.internal2Date(internal));
}