Changeset 8649

Timestamp:

2004-11-24T12:10:38+13:00 (19 years ago)

Author:

kjdon

Message:

added methods for formatting dates and languages in a Locale sensitive manner

File:

• trunk/gsdl3/src/java/org/greenstone/gsdl3/util/XSLTUtil.java (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/gsdl3/src/java/org/greenstone/gsdl3/util/XSLTUtil.java

@@ -1 +1 @@
 package org.greenstone.gsdl3.util;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 
 /** a class to contain various static methods that are used by the xslt
@@ -89 +93 @@
     return false;
     }
-        
+
+    public static String formatDate(String date, String lang) {
+
+    String in_pattern = "yyyyMMdd";
+    String out_pattern = "dd MMMM yyyy";
+
+    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(in_pattern, new Locale(lang));
+    try {
+        Date d = formatter.parse(date);
+        formatter.applyPattern(out_pattern);
+        String new_date = formatter.format(d);
+        return new_date;
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+        return date;
+    }
+    
+    }
+
+    public static String formatLanguage(String display_lang, String lang) {
+
+    return new Locale(display_lang).getDisplayLanguage(new Locale(lang));
+    }
 }