Package org.forgerock.json.jose.utils

Class IntDate

java.lang.Object

org.forgerock.json.jose.utils.IntDate

public final class IntDate
extends Object

This class provides utility methods for converting Java Date objects into and from IntDates.

Where an IntDate is a JSON numeric value representing the number of seconds from 1970-01-01T0:0:0Z UTC until the specified UTC date/time.

Since:

2.0.0

See Also:

IntDate

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Date	fromIntDate(long intDate)	Converts an IntDate into a Java Date object.
static long	toIntDate(Date date)	Converts a Java Date object into an IntDate.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toIntDate

public static long toIntDate(Date date)

Converts a Java Date object into an IntDate.

Note: Precision is lost in this conversion as the milliseconds are dropped as a part of the conversion.

Parameters:

date - The Java Date to convert.

Returns:

The IntDate representation of the Java Date.

fromIntDate

public static Date fromIntDate(long intDate)

Converts an IntDate into a Java Date object.

Note: Milliseconds are set to zero on the converted Java Date as an IntDate does not hold millisecond information.

Parameters:

intDate - The IntDate to convert.

Returns:

The Java Date representation of the IntDate.