Package com.snowtide.pdf

Class PDFDateParser

java.lang.Object

com.snowtide.pdf.PDFDateParser

public class PDFDateParser
extends Object

This class provides methods for parsing PDF-format date/time strings into Dates.

Such date/time strings are typically retrieved via Document.getAttribute(String), using the Document.ATTR_CREATION_DATE or Document.ATTR_MOD_DATE attribute keys.

Version:

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Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Date	parseDateString(String pdfDate)	Parses the provided PDF-format date string into a Date instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

parseDateString

public static final Date parseDateString(String pdfDate)
                                  throws ParseException

Parses the provided PDF-format date string into a Date instance. If the date string is not properly formatted (there are some PDF generators that do not output proper dates in their documents), this method will throw an appropriate exception. If this happens, it is likely that the date string is formatted in a human-readable way (i.e. Friday, November 14, 2001, etc).

Parameters:

pdfDate - a PDF-format date string, retrieved via Document.getAttribute(String)

Throws:

ParseException - if the provided date string is not properly formatted.