org.paces.Stata.Utilities

Class StataDateDisplayFormats

java.lang.Object

org.paces.Stata.Utilities.StataDateDisplayFormats

public class StataDateDisplayFormats
extends java.lang.Object

Static methods used to translate date values into standard formatted date/datetime strings based on Stata conventions Also need to implement small parser to handle the translation from Stata datetime formats to the Java equivalents where possible.

Version:

%G%

Author:

Billy Buchanan

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StataDateDisplayFormats()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter	tc() Method for formatting clock time data
static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter	tC() No equivalent in Java will return unadjusted time Need to implement constraint to make sure there are no :60 second values
static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter	td() Standard date format
static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter	th() Standard semi-annual date format Need to work on implementing this correctly since there is no half year format in Java
static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter	tm() Standard Monthly date format
static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter	tq() Standard quarterly date format
static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter	tw() Standard Weekly date format
static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter	ty() Standard yearly date format

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StataDateDisplayFormats

public StataDateDisplayFormats()

Method Detail

tc

public static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter tc()

Method for formatting clock time data

Returns:

DateTimeFormatter class object for formatting a date value as a string

tC

public static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter tC()

No equivalent in Java will return unadjusted time Need to implement constraint to make sure there are no :60 second values

Returns:

DateTimeFormatter class object for formatting a date value as a string

td

public static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter td()

Standard date format

Returns:

DateTimeFormatter class object for formatting a date value as a string

tw

public static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter tw()

Standard Weekly date format

Returns:

DateTimeFormatter class object for formatting a date value as a string

tm

public static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter tm()

Standard Monthly date format

Returns:

DateTimeFormatter class object for formatting a date value as a string

tq

public static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter tq()

Standard quarterly date format

Returns:

DateTimeFormatter class object for formatting a date value as a string

th

public static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter th()

Standard semi-annual date format Need to work on implementing this correctly since there is no half year format in Java

Returns:

DateTimeFormatter class object for formatting a date value as a string

ty

public static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter ty()

Standard yearly date format

Returns:

DateTimeFormatter class object for formatting a date value as a string