Re: Fw: How to date type conversion between xml and Java
Tatu Saloranta <[email protected]>
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--- On Sun, 8/15/10, Jason Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jason Hunter <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [jdom-interest] Fw: How to date type conversion between xml and Java > To: "Jack Bush" <[email protected]> ... > Use java.text.SimpleDateFormat. > It can parse the date string, lets you interact with it as > data, and helps you reformat it if you need. > > Note it's relatively slow because of its complex > internals. If your dates are always in the exact same > simple format like you showed, and you need to parse a huge > number of them, a simple custom parser based on character > positions can be much faster. Also, might want to consider Joda library, which is an improvement over JDK defaults, both in functionality and (I think) with respect to efficiency. Can usually just construct DateTime out of typical (ISO-8601) date Strings. -+ Tatu +- _______________________________________________ To control your jdom-interest membership: http://www.jdom.org/mailman/options/jdom-interest/[email protected]