kieker.tools.util

Class LoggingTimestampConverter

java.lang.Object

kieker.tools.util.LoggingTimestampConverter

public final class LoggingTimestampConverter
extends java.lang.Object

This is a utility class which can be used to convert timestamps, for example by transforming a simple timestamp into a human-readable datetime string.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Andre van Hoorn

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.util.Date	convertDatetimeStringToUTCDate(java.lang.String utcString) Converts a datetime string of format yyyyMMdd-HHmmss (UTC timezone) into a Date object.
static long	convertDatetimeStringToUTCLoggingTimestamp(java.lang.String utcString) Converts a datetime string of format yyyyMMdd-HHmmss (UTC timezone) into a timestamp representing the number of nanoseconds since Jan 1, 1970 UTC.
static java.lang.String	convertLoggingTimestampLocalTimeZoneString(long loggingTimestamp) Converts a timestamp representing the number of nanoseconds since Jan 1, 1970 UTC into a human-readable datetime string given in the local timezone.
static java.lang.String	convertLoggingTimestampToUTCString(long loggingTimestamp) Converts a timestamp representing the number of nanoseconds since Jan 1, 1970 UTC into a human-readable datetime string given in the UTC timezone.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

convertLoggingTimestampToUTCString

public static final java.lang.String convertLoggingTimestampToUTCString(long loggingTimestamp)

Converts a timestamp representing the number of nanoseconds since Jan 1, 1970 UTC into a human-readable datetime string given in the UTC timezone. Note that no guarantees are made about the actual format. Particularly, it is not guaranteed that the string can be reconverted using the convertDatetimeStringToUTCLoggingTimestamp(..) method.

Parameters:

loggingTimestamp - The timestamp to be converted in nanoseconds.

Returns:

a human-readable datetime string (UTC timezone) which represents the passed timestamp

convertLoggingTimestampLocalTimeZoneString

public static final java.lang.String convertLoggingTimestampLocalTimeZoneString(long loggingTimestamp)

Converts a timestamp representing the number of nanoseconds since Jan 1, 1970 UTC into a human-readable datetime string given in the local timezone. Note that no guarantees are made about the actual format. Particularly, it is not guaranteed that the string can be reconverted using the convertDatetimeStringToUTCLoggingTimestamp(..) method.

Parameters:

loggingTimestamp - The timestamp to be converted.

Returns:

a human-readable datetime string (local timezone) which represents the passed timestamp

convertDatetimeStringToUTCLoggingTimestamp

public static final long convertDatetimeStringToUTCLoggingTimestamp(java.lang.String utcString)
                                                             throws java.text.ParseException

Converts a datetime string of format yyyyMMdd-HHmmss (UTC timezone) into a timestamp representing the number of nanoseconds since Jan 1, 1970 UTC.

Parameters:

utcString - The string to be converted.

Returns:

a timestamp which represents the passed time

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - If the specified string cannot be parsed.

convertDatetimeStringToUTCDate

public static final java.util.Date convertDatetimeStringToUTCDate(java.lang.String utcString)
                                                           throws java.text.ParseException

Converts a datetime string of format yyyyMMdd-HHmmss (UTC timezone) into a Date object.

Parameters:

utcString - The string to be converted.

Returns:

a Date object which represents the passed time

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - If the specified string cannot be parsed.