Re: Date Comparison for getting the mail for a particular date specified. the date formats change for every mail. how do i compare the date
Posted By:
Holger_Kyas
Posted On:
Wednesday, September 18, 2002 12:39 AM
Hi Snehal,
here is a helpful Example by Sun I found:
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import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class DateFormatDemo {
static public void displayDate(Locale currentLocale) {
Date today;
String dateOut;
DateFormat dateFormatter;
dateFormatter =
DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT, currentLocale);
today = new Date();
dateOut = dateFormatter.format(today);
System.out.println(dateOut + " " + currentLocale.toString());
}
static public void showBothStyles(Locale currentLocale) {
Date today;
String result;
DateFormat formatter;
int[] styles = {
DateFormat.DEFAULT,
DateFormat.SHORT,
DateFormat.MEDIUM,
DateFormat.LONG,
DateFormat.FULL
};
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Locale: " + currentLocale.toString());
System.out.println();
today = new Date();
for (int k = 0; k < styles.length; k++) {
formatter = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(
styles[k], styles[k], currentLocale);
result = formatter.format(today);
System.out.println(result);
}
}
static public void showDateStyles(Locale currentLocale) {
Date today = new Date();
String result;
DateFormat formatter;
int[] styles = {
DateFormat.DEFAULT,
DateFormat.SHORT,
DateFormat.MEDIUM,
DateFormat.LONG,
DateFormat.FULL
};
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Locale: " + currentLocale.toString());
System.out.println();
for (int k = 0; k < styles.length; k++) {
formatter =
DateFormat.getDateInstance(styles[k], currentLocale);
result = formatter.format(today);
System.out.println(result);
}
}
static public void showTimeStyles(Locale currentLocale) {
Date today = new Date();
String result;
DateFormat formatter;
int[] styles = {
DateFormat.DEFAULT,
DateFormat.SHORT,
DateFormat.MEDIUM,
DateFormat.LONG,
DateFormat.FULL
};
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Locale: " + currentLocale.toString());
System.out.println();
for (int k = 0; k < styles.length; k++) {
formatter =
DateFormat.getTimeInstance(styles[k], currentLocale);
result = formatter.format(today);
System.out.println(result);
}
}
static public void main(String[] args) {
Locale[] locales = {
new Locale("fr","FR"),
new Locale("de","DE"),
new Locale("en","US")
};
for (int i = 0; i < locales.length; i++) {
displayDate(locales[i]);
}
showDateStyles(new Locale("en","US"));
showDateStyles(new Locale("fr","FR"));
showTimeStyles(new Locale("en","US"));
showTimeStyles(new Locale("de","DE"));
showBothStyles(new Locale("en","US"));
showBothStyles(new Locale("fr","FR"));
}
}
Re: Date Comparison for getting the mail for a particular date specified. the date formats change for every mail. how do i compare the date
Posted By:
suraj_berwal
Posted On:
Sunday, September 15, 2002 09:34 PM
dear snehal,
try using DateFormat class found in java.text.* package to convert the dates in the desired format. this package is part of the SDK.
regards,
Suraj Berwal.