/**
* This method returns a Date object that is accurate to within one second. If a thread calls this
* method to get a Date and it's been less than 1 second since a new Date was created, this method
* simply gives out the same Date again so that the system doesn't spend time creating Date
* objects unnecessarily.
*
* @return Date
*/
public static Date getDate() {
// Only create a new Date once per second, max.
long systime = System.currentTimeMillis();
AccessDateStruct struct = currentDateStruct.get();
if ((systime - struct.currentDate.getTime()) > 1000) {
struct.currentDate.setTime(systime);
struct.currentDateString = null;
}
return struct.currentDate;
}
private static AccessDateStruct getAccessDateStruct(Date date) {
AccessDateStruct struct = currentDateStruct.get();
if (struct.currentDateString == null) {
StringBuilder current = new StringBuilder(32);
current.append('[');
current.append(struct.dayFormatter.format(date));
current.append('/');
current.append(lookup(struct.monthFormatter.format(date)));
current.append('/');
current.append(struct.yearFormatter.format(date));
current.append(':');
current.append(struct.timeFormatter.format(date));
current.append(' ');
current.append(AccessTimeUtil.getTimeZone());
current.append(']');
struct.currentDateString = current.toString();
}
return struct;
}
