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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.util;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;
/**
* A utility class for parsing HTTP dates as used in cookies and other headers.
* This class handles dates as defined by RFC 2616 section 3.3.1 as well as
* some other common non-standard formats.
*
* @author Christopher Brown
* @author Michael Becke
*/
public class DateParser {
/**
* Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in RFC 1123 format.
*/
public static final String PATTERN_RFC1123 = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz";
/**
* Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in RFC 1036 format.
*/
public static final String PATTERN_RFC1036 = "EEEE, dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss zzz";
/**
* Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in ANSI C
* asctime() format.
*/
public static final String PATTERN_ASCTIME = "EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy";
/** The patterns used for parsing dates */
private static final String[] DATE_PATTERNS = {
PATTERN_RFC1123,
PATTERN_RFC1036,
PATTERN_ASCTIME,
"EEE, dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss z",
"EEE, dd-MMM-yyyy HH-mm-ss z",
"EEE, dd MMM yy HH:mm:ss z",
"EEE dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss z",
"EEE dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z",
"EEE dd-MMM-yyyy HH-mm-ss z",
"EEE dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss z",
"EEE dd MMM yy HH:mm:ss z",
"EEE,dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss z",
"EEE,dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss z",
"EEE, dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss z",
};
/**
* Parses a date value.
*
* @param dateValue the date value to parse
*
* @return the parsed date
*
* @throws DateParseException if the value could not be parsed using any of the
* supported date formats
*/
public static Date parseDate(String dateValue) throws DateParseException {
return parseDate(dateValue, DATE_PATTERNS);
}
/**
* Parses the date value using the array of date formats.
*
* @param dateValue the date value to parse
* @param dateFormats the date formats to use
*
* @return the parsed date
*
* @throws DateParseException if none of the dataFormats could parse the dateValue
*/
private static Date parseDate(
String dateValue,
String[] dateFormats
) throws DateParseException {
if (dateValue == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("dateValue is null");
}
SimpleDateFormat dateParser = null;
for (int i = 0; i < dateFormats.length; i++) {
if (dateParser == null) {
dateParser = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormats[i], Locale.US);
dateParser.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
} else {
dateParser.applyPattern(dateFormats[i]);
}
try {
return dateParser.parse(dateValue);
} catch (ParseException pe) {
// ignore this exception, we will try the next format
}
}
// we were unable to parse the date
throw new DateParseException("Unable to parse the date " + dateValue);
}
/** This class should not be instantiated. */
private DateParser() { }
}
