Merge branch 'subtree'
[fanfix.git] / src / be / nikiroo / fanfix / supported / BasicSupportHelper.java
index b5c7bb9cdee9ccaf96c1de6c38eeb4aaa76a9537..7768052cafc758094e38c1968f5919f6b853b8bc 100644 (file)
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
 
 import be.nikiroo.fanfix.Instance;
 import be.nikiroo.fanfix.bundles.Config;
 import be.nikiroo.utils.Image;
+import be.nikiroo.utils.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Helper class for {@link BasicSupport}, mostly dedicated to text formating for
@@ -220,4 +224,58 @@ public class BasicSupportHelper {
 
                return author;
        }
+       
+       /**
+        * Try to convert the date to a known, fixed format.
+        * <p>
+        * If it fails to do so, it will return the date as-is.
+        * 
+        * @param date
+        *            the date to convert
+        * 
+        * @return the converted date, or the date as-is
+        */
+       public String formatDate(String date) {
+               long ms = 0;
+
+               if (date != null && !date.isEmpty()) {
+                       // Default Fanfix format:
+                       try {
+                               ms = StringUtils.toTime(date);
+                       } catch (ParseException e) {
+                       }
+
+                       // Second chance:
+                       if (ms <= 0) {
+                               SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(
+                                               "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssSSS");
+                               try {
+                                       ms = sdf.parse(date).getTime();
+                               } catch (ParseException e) {
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       // Last chance:
+                       if (ms <= 0 && date.length() >= 10) {
+                               SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
+                               try {
+                                       ms = sdf.parse(date.substring(0, 10)).getTime();
+                               } catch (ParseException e) {
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       // If we found something, use THIS format:
+                       if (ms > 0) {
+                               SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
+                               return sdf.format(new Date(ms));
+                       }
+               }
+
+               if (date == null) {
+                       date = "";
+               }
+
+               // :(
+               return date;
+       }
 }