org.apache.tomcat.util.buf

Class DateTool

public class DateTool extends Object

Deprecated: Will be replaced with a more efficient impl, based on FastDateFormat, with an API using less objects.

Common place for date utils.

Author: dac@eng.sun.com Jason Hunter [jch@eng.sun.com] James Todd [gonzo@eng.sun.com] Costin Manolache

Field Summary
static String	asctimePattern
static TimeZone	GMT_ZONE GMT timezone - all HTTP dates are on GMT
static String	rfc1036Pattern
static String	RFC1123_PATTERN format for RFC 1123 date string -- "Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT"

Method Summary
static String	format1123(Date d)
static String	format1123(Date d, DateFormat df)
static void	formatOldCookie(Date d, StringBuffer sb, FieldPosition fp)
static String	formatOldCookie(Date d)
static long	parseDate(String dateString) Called from HttpServletRequest.getDateHeader().
static long	parseDate(String dateString, DateFormat[] format)