javax.mail.internet
Class MailDateFormat

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      java.text.DateFormat
          java.text.SimpleDateFormat
              javax.mail.internet.MailDateFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class MailDateFormat
extends SimpleDateFormat

Formats ths date as specified by draft-ietf-drums-msg-fmt-08 dated January 26, 2000 which supercedes RFC822.

The format used is EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z and locale is always US-ASCII.

Version:

$Rev: 628009 $ $Date: 2008-02-15 05:53:02 -0500 (Fri, 15 Feb 2008) $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.DateFormat

DateFormat.Field

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.text.DateFormat

AM_PM_FIELD, calendar, DATE_FIELD, DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD, DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD, DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD, DEFAULT, ERA_FIELD, FULL, HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD, HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD, HOUR0_FIELD, HOUR1_FIELD, LONG, MEDIUM, MILLISECOND_FIELD, MINUTE_FIELD, MONTH_FIELD, numberFormat, SECOND_FIELD, SHORT, TIMEZONE_FIELD, WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD, WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD, YEAR_FIELD

Constructor Summary

MailDateFormat()

Method Summary

StringBuffer	format(Date date, StringBuffer buffer, FieldPosition position)
Date	parse(String string, ParsePosition position) Parse a Mail date into a Date object.
void	setCalendar(Calendar calendar) The calendar cannot be set
void	setNumberFormat(NumberFormat format) The format cannot be set

Methods inherited from class java.text.SimpleDateFormat

applyLocalizedPattern, applyPattern, clone, equals, formatToCharacterIterator, get2DigitYearStart, getDateFormatSymbols, hashCode, set2DigitYearStart, setDateFormatSymbols, toLocalizedPattern, toPattern

Methods inherited from class java.text.DateFormat

format, format, getAvailableLocales, getCalendar, getDateInstance, getDateInstance, getDateInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getInstance, getNumberFormat, getTimeInstance, getTimeInstance, getTimeInstance, getTimeZone, isLenient, parse, parseObject, setLenient, setTimeZone

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

format, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MailDateFormat

public MailDateFormat()

Method Detail

format

public StringBuffer format(Date date,
                           StringBuffer buffer,
                           FieldPosition position)

Overrides:

format in class SimpleDateFormat

parse

public Date parse(String string,
                  ParsePosition position)

Parse a Mail date into a Date object. This uses fairly lenient rules for the format because the Mail standards for dates accept multiple formats.

Overrides:

parse in class SimpleDateFormat

Parameters:

string - The input string.

position - The position argument.

Returns:

The Date object with the information inside.

setCalendar

public void setCalendar(Calendar calendar)

The calendar cannot be set

Overrides:

setCalendar in class DateFormat

Parameters:

calendar -

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException

setNumberFormat

public void setNumberFormat(NumberFormat format)

The format cannot be set

Overrides:

setNumberFormat in class DateFormat

Parameters:

format -

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException