com.google.api.ads.dfp.axis.utils.v201201
Class Dates

java.lang.Object
  com.google.api.ads.dfp.axis.utils.v201201.Dates

public final class Dates
extends Object

A utility class for handling Date objects.

Author:

Adam Rogal

Field Summary

static String

DATE_FORMAT

Method Summary

static Date	fromDate(Date date) Creates a Date object from a Java Date object already set to the publisher's timezone.
static Date	fromString(String dateString) Creates a Date object from a string representation in the form of yyyy-MM-dd (e.g.
static Date	toDate(Date date, String timeZoneId) Gets a Java Date object from a Date object.
static Date	today(String timeZoneId) Gets a Date object representing midnight of the present date.
static String	toString(Date date, String timeZoneId) Gets a string representation of the Date object in the form of yyyy-mm-dd (e.g.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DATE_FORMAT

public static final String DATE_FORMAT

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

fromString

public static Date fromString(String dateString)
                       throws ParseException

Creates a Date object from a string representation in the form of yyyy-MM-dd (e.g. 2011-01-01).

Parameters:

dateString - the string representation of the Date

Returns:

a Date object created from the string

Throws:

ParseException - if the string could not be parsed

fromDate

public static Date fromDate(Date date)

Creates a Date object from a Java Date object already set to the publisher's timezone.

Parameters:

date - the java.util.Date object to transform into a Date

Returns:

a Date object representing date

today

public static Date today(String timeZoneId)

Gets a Date object representing midnight of the present date.

Returns:

a Date object representing the present date

toDate

public static Date toDate(Date date,
                          String timeZoneId)

Gets a Java Date object from a Date object. The timezone of the Date object is used when creating the new date object.

Parameters:

date - the DFP Date object to convert to a Java Date

timeZoneId - the timezone of the date

Returns:

the DFP Date object as a Java Date in the timezone

toString

public static String toString(Date date,
                              String timeZoneId)

Gets a string representation of the Date object in the form of yyyy-mm-dd (e.g. 2011-01-01)

Parameters:

date - the DateTime object used to create the string

timeZoneId - the timezone of the date

Returns:

a string representation of the Date object