OracleDateUtilities.java

package edu.gettysburg.nkeiter.admissions.utilities;

import edu.gettysburg.nkeiter.admissions.log.Logger;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class OracleDateUtilities
{
	public static Class<OracleDateUtilities> clazz = OracleDateUtilities.class;

	public static Date parseOracleDate( String dateString )
	{
		Date date = null;

		/** 2015-07-22 08:00:00.0 	dateString
		 *  2015-07-22 				dateTimeStringArray[0]
		 *  08:00:00.0 				dateTimeStringArray[1]
		 *  2015 					dateStringArray[0]
		 *  07 						dateStringArray[1]
		 *  22 						dateStringArray[2]
		 *  08 						timeStringArray[0]
		 *  00 						timeStringArray[1]
		 *  00.0 					(Not used.)
		 */

		Logger.info( clazz, "dateString = [" + dateString + "]" );

		try
		{
			String[] dateTimeStringArray = dateString.split( "(\\s+)" );
			String[] dateStringArray = dateTimeStringArray[0].split( "(\\-)" );
			String[] timeStringArray = dateTimeStringArray[1].split( "(:)" );
			int dateYear = Integer.parseInt( dateStringArray[0] );
			int dateMonth = Integer.parseInt( dateStringArray[1] ) - 1;
			int dateDay = Integer.parseInt( dateStringArray[2] );
			int dateHour = Integer.parseInt( timeStringArray[0] );
			int dateMinute = Integer.parseInt( timeStringArray[1] );

			Calendar dateTime = Calendar.getInstance();
			dateTime.clear();
			dateTime.set( dateYear, dateMonth, dateDay, dateHour, dateMinute );	

			date = new Date( dateTime.getTimeInMillis() );

			Logger.info( clazz, "date = [" + date + "]" );
		}
		catch( Exception exception )
		{
			Logger.error( clazz, "OracleDateUtilities.parseOracleDate( String ) Error parsing date. ", exception );
		}

		return date;
	}
}