be.ceau.podcastparser.util

Class Dates

java.lang.Object

be.ceau.podcastparser.util.Dates

public class Dates
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ZonedDateTime	parse(String string) Parse the given input String to a ZonedDateTime instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

parse

public static ZonedDateTime parse(String string)

Parse the given input String to a ZonedDateTime instance.

The aim of this method is to be as lenient as possible, so very few assumptions are made about the input format. However, if no possible date can be parsed from the input, null is returned.

If time is missing from the input, start of day will be set instead.

If timezone is missing from the input, UTC will be substituted.

Parameters:

string - a String

Returns:

parsed ZonedDateTime, or null