DateFormatUtil.java

/**
 * Copyright © 2002 Instituto Superior Técnico
 *
 * This file is part of FenixEdu Academic.
 *
 * FenixEdu Academic is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * FenixEdu Academic is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with FenixEdu Academic.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.fenixedu.academic.util;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

@Deprecated
public class DateFormatUtil {

    public static Date parse(final String format, final String dateString) throws ParseException {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(format).parse(dateString);
    }

    public static String format(final String format, final Date date) {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(format).format(date);
    }

    public static int compareDates(final String format, final Date date1, final Date date2) {
        final DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        final String date1String = dateFormat.format(date1);
        final String date2String = dateFormat.format(date2);
        return date1String.compareTo(date2String);
    }

    public static boolean equalDates(final String format, final Date date1, final Date date2) {
        return compareDates(format, date1, date2) == 0;
    }

    public static boolean isBefore(final String format, final Date date1, final Date date2) {
        return compareDates(format, date1, date2) < 0;
    }

}