Package org.apache.commons.lang.time

Provides classes and methods to work with dates and durations.

This includes:

• DateUtils - a set of static utility methods for working with dates
• FastDateFormat - a replacement for SimpleDateFormat that is fast and thread-safe
• DateFormatUtils - a formatting class for dates
• StopWatch - a duration timer

Since:

2.0

These classes are immutable (and therefore thread-safe) apart from StopWatch.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
FastDateFormat.NumberRule	Inner class defining a numeric rule.
FastDateFormat.Rule	Inner class defining a rule.

Class Summary

Class	Description
DateFormatUtils	Date and time formatting utilities and constants.
DateUtils	A suite of utilities surrounding the use of the Calendar and Date object.
DateUtils.DateIterator	Date iterator.
DurationFormatUtils	Duration formatting utilities and constants.
DurationFormatUtils.Token	Element that is parsed from the format pattern.
FastDateFormat	FastDateFormat is a fast and thread-safe version of SimpleDateFormat.
FastDateFormat.CharacterLiteral	Inner class to output a constant single character.
FastDateFormat.PaddedNumberField	Inner class to output a padded number.
FastDateFormat.Pair	Helper class for creating compound objects.
FastDateFormat.StringLiteral	Inner class to output a constant string.
FastDateFormat.TextField	Inner class to output one of a set of values.
FastDateFormat.TimeZoneDisplayKey	Inner class that acts as a compound key for time zone names.
FastDateFormat.TimeZoneNameRule	Inner class to output a time zone name.
FastDateFormat.TimeZoneNumberRule	Inner class to output a time zone as a number +/-HHMM or +/-HH:MM.
FastDateFormat.TwelveHourField	Inner class to output the twelve hour field.
FastDateFormat.TwentyFourHourField	Inner class to output the twenty four hour field.
FastDateFormat.TwoDigitMonthField	Inner class to output a two digit month.
FastDateFormat.TwoDigitNumberField	Inner class to output a two digit number.
FastDateFormat.TwoDigitYearField	Inner class to output a two digit year.
FastDateFormat.UnpaddedMonthField	Inner class to output an unpadded month.
FastDateFormat.UnpaddedNumberField	Inner class to output an unpadded number.
StopWatch	StopWatch provides a convenient API for timings.