/**
* Returns a calendar date object representing the date and time parsed from the <code>input
* </code> string. If no valid parse is found, <code>null</code> is returned.
*
* @param input
* @return CalendarDate
*/
public static CalendarDate stringToCalendarDate(String input) {
{
DecodedDateTime dateTime =
DecodedDateTime.parseDateTimeInTimeZone(
input, Stella.NULL_FLOAT, 0, Stella.NULL_INTEGER, false);
if (dateTime == null) {
return (null);
} else {
return (dateTime.encodeCalendarDate());
}
}
}
/**
* Returns a calendar date object representing the date and time parsed from the <code>inputDate
* </code> string. Default values for missing fields and the interpretation of relative references
* come from <code>defaultDate</code>. If the <code>defaultDate</code> is <code>null</code>, the
* current date will be used. If a null set of defaults is desired, use <code>
* $NULL_DECODED_DATE_TIME$</code>. If no valid parse is found, <code>null</code> is returned.
*
* @param inputDate
* @param defaultDate
* @return CalendarDate
*/
public static CalendarDate stringToCalendarDateWithDefault(
String inputDate, DecodedDateTime defaultDate) {
if (defaultDate == null) {
return (CalendarDate.stringToCalendarDate(inputDate));
} else {
{
DecodedDateTime dateTime =
DecodedDateTime.parseDateTimeRelativeToBase(
inputDate, defaultDate, 0, Stella.NULL_INTEGER, false, true);
if (dateTime == null) {
return (null);
} else {
return (dateTime.encodeCalendarDate());
}
}
}
}