HttpDateFormat (apache-nutch 1.20 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.nutch.net.protocols.HttpDateFormat

```
public class HttpDateFormat
extends Object
```
Parse and format HTTP dates in HTTP headers, e.g., used to fill the "If-Modified-Since" request header field. HTTP dates use Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as time zone and a date format like:
```
 Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT
 
```
See sec. 3.3.1 in RFC 2616 and sec. 7.1.1.1 in RFC 7231.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static DateTimeFormatter`	`FORMAT`
`static DateTimeFormatter`	`PARSE_FORMAT`	Use a less restrictive format for parsing: accept single-digit day-of-month and any timezone

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

HttpDateFormat()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static void`	`main(String[] args)`
`static Date`	`toDate(String dateString)`
`static long`	`toLong(String dateString)`
`static String`	`toString(long millis)`
`static String`	`toString(Calendar cal)`
`static String`	`toString(Date date)`	Get the HTTP format of the specified date.
`static ZonedDateTime`	`toZonedDateTime(String dateString)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail
- FORMAT
```
public static final DateTimeFormatter FORMAT
```
- PARSE_FORMAT
```
public static final DateTimeFormatter PARSE_FORMAT
```
  Use a less restrictive format for parsing: accept single-digit day-of-month and any timezone

Constructor Detail
- HttpDateFormat
```
public HttpDateFormat()
```

Method Detail

toString
```
public static String toString(Date date)
```
Get the HTTP format of the specified date.

Parameters:

date - a Date for conversion

Returns:

the String HTTP representation of the date

toString

public static String toString(Calendar cal)

toString

public static String toString(long millis)

toZonedDateTime

public static ZonedDateTime toZonedDateTime(String dateString)
                                     throws ParseException

Throws:: ParseException

toDate

public static Date toDate(String dateString)
                   throws ParseException

Throws:: ParseException

toLong

public static long toLong(String dateString)
                   throws ParseException

Throws:: ParseException

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Throws:: Exception