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1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 2003, Rafael Steil
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39  * Created on 24/10/2004 14:37:26
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42  */
43 package net.jforum.util.rss;
44
45 import java.text.ParseException JavaDoc;
46 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat JavaDoc;
47 import java.util.Date JavaDoc;
48 import java.util.Locale JavaDoc;
49
50 import net.jforum.util.preferences.ConfigKeys;
51 import net.jforum.util.preferences.SystemGlobals;
52
53 /**
54  * General utilities for RSS manipulation.
55  *
56  * @author Rafael Steil
57  * @version $Id: RSSUtils.java,v 1.5 2005/07/26 03:04:37 rafaelsteil Exp $
58  */
59 public class RSSUtils
60 {
61     /**
62      * Formats a given date to the expected RSS format
63      * @param date The date to format
64      * @return The formated date
65      */
66     public static String JavaDoc formatDate(Date JavaDoc date)
67     {
68         SimpleDateFormat JavaDoc df = new SimpleDateFormat JavaDoc(
69                 SystemGlobals.getValue(ConfigKeys.RSS_DATE_TIME_FORMAT),
70                 Locale.ENGLISH);
71         return df.format(date);
72     }
73     
74     /**
75      * Formats a given date to the expected RSS format
76      * @param date The date to format
77      * @return The formated date, or the original input if some parsing exception occurs
78      */
79     public static String JavaDoc formatDate(String JavaDoc date)
80     {
81         try {
82             SimpleDateFormat JavaDoc df = new SimpleDateFormat JavaDoc(SystemGlobals.getValue(ConfigKeys.DATE_TIME_FORMAT));
83             return formatDate(df.parse(date));
84         }
85         catch (ParseException JavaDoc e) {
86             return date;
87         }
88     }
89 }
90
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