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diff artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/DateUtils.java @ 389:ea263ee87563
Added new helper class DateUtils.
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author | Ingo Weinzierl <ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de> |
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date | Fri, 18 May 2012 09:08:03 +0000 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/DateUtils.java Fri May 18 09:08:03 2012 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +package de.intevation.artifacts.common.utils; + +import java.util.Calendar; +import java.util.Date; + + +public class DateUtils { + + private DateUtils() { + } + + + /** + * This function extracts the year as int value from <i>date</i>. + * + * @param date The source date. + * + * @return the year as integer or -1 if date is empty. + */ + public static int getYearFromDate(Date date) { + if (date == null) { + return -1; + } + + Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); + cal.setTime(date); + + return cal.get(Calendar.YEAR); + } +}