Class DateConverter

java.lang.Object
org.apache.jempbox.impl.DateConverter

public class DateConverter extends Object
This class is used to convert dates to strings and back using the PDF date standards. Date are described in PDFReference1.4 section 3.8.2
Version:
$Revision: 1.6 $
Author:
Ben Litchfield, Christopher Oezbek
  • Method Details

    • toCalendar

      public static Calendar toCalendar(String date) throws IOException
      This will convert a string to a calendar.
      Parameters:
      date - The string representation of the calendar.
      Returns:
      The calendar that this string represents.
      Throws:
      IOException - If the date string is not in the correct format.
    • toISO8601

      public static String toISO8601(Calendar cal)
      Convert the date to iso 8601 string format.
      Parameters:
      cal - The date to convert.
      Returns:
      The date represented as an ISO 8601 string.