Bug ID: JDK-4341581 RFE: time-stamp in ISO 8601 format

Type: Enhancement
Component: core-libs
Sub-Component: java.util:i18n
Affected Version: 1.3.0

Priority: P4
Status: Closed
Resolution: Won't Fix
OS: generic
CPU: generic

Submitted: 2000-05-26
Updated: 2013-10-02
Resolved: 2013-10-02


Name: rlT66838			Date: 05/26/2000


All, Java 1.1.x, 1.2.x, 1.3

ISO 8601 defines the international date and time format which shall be used when
a local format is not appropriate. Some local conversions are already supported
by
  java.text.DateFormat
  java.text.SimpleDateFormat
But the ONE international format is not supported yet. It shall be in
  java.util.GregorianCalendar
Probably static conversion methods between long and String are the best
solution.

ISO 8601 example:
  1993-04-12T15:27:46-05:00
means 12 April 1993, 27 minutes and 46 seconds past 15 hours in the timezone 5
hours west of Greenwich. The time-zone filed is optional
(Review ID: 105392) 
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java.time classes may be used to support the ISO 8601 formats.

02-10-2013

EVALUATION Name: nl37777 Date: 12/09/2002 This is a reasonable request, especially since several other J2SE subsystems already use ISO 8601 date formats. However, a few caveats: - ISO 8601 doesn't specify a single date format, but a number of possible formats. We need to pick one that makes sense in most circumstances and specify clearly which one we picked. - Support for ISO 8601 has also come up in the context of J2ME profiles which don't necessarily have the Calendar classes. It may therefore be better to add the new methods to the Date class. ====================================================================== Name: nl37777 Date: 07/07/2003 More information on ISO 8601 can be found at http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html. ====================================================================== "Z" in SimpleDateFormat can be used to produce the zone value in "+hhmm" since 1.4. See Sample.java in Work Around. ###@###.### 2003-09-10

10-09-2003

WORK AROUND Name: rlT66838 Date: 05/26/2000 public class SdaiCalendar extends java.util.GregorianCalendar { SdaiCalendar() { super(); } /** Converts time from string to long. * @return time as long variable. * @param time_stamp time written as string according to ISO 8601. */ public long timeStampToLong(String time_stamp) { int sp; if (time_stamp.length() > 19) { sp = 1; } else { sp = 0; } int year = Integer.parseInt(time_stamp.substring(0, 4)); int month = Integer.parseInt(time_stamp.substring(5, 7)) - 1; int day = Integer.parseInt(time_stamp.substring(8, 10)); int hour = Integer.parseInt(time_stamp.substring(11 + sp, 13 + sp)); int minute = Integer.parseInt(time_stamp.substring(14 + sp, 16 + sp)); int second = Integer.parseInt(time_stamp.substring(17 + sp)); set(year, month, day, hour, minute, second); return getTimeInMillis(); } /** Converts time from long to string. * @return time as string written according to ISO 8601. * @param time. */ public String longToTimeStamp(long time) { setTimeInMillis(time); int year = get(YEAR); int month = get(MONTH) + 1; boolean month_one_digit; if (month < 10) { month_one_digit = true; } else { month_one_digit = false; } int day = get(DAY_OF_MONTH); boolean day_one_digit; if (day < 10) { day_one_digit = true; } else { day_one_digit = false; } int hour = get(HOUR_OF_DAY); boolean hour_one_digit; if (hour < 10) { hour_one_digit = true; } else { hour_one_digit = false; } int minute = get(MINUTE); boolean minute_one_digit; if (minute < 10) { minute_one_digit = true; } else { minute_one_digit = false; } int second = get(SECOND); boolean second_one_digit; if (second < 10) { second_one_digit = true; } else { second_one_digit = false; } String time_stamp = year + "-"; if (month_one_digit) { time_stamp = time_stamp + "0"; } time_stamp = time_stamp + month + "-"; if (day_one_digit) { time_stamp = time_stamp + "0"; } time_stamp = time_stamp + day + "T"; if (hour_one_digit) { time_stamp = time_stamp + "0"; } time_stamp = time_stamp + hour + ":"; if (minute_one_digit) { time_stamp = time_stamp + "0"; } time_stamp = time_stamp + minute + ":"; if (second_one_digit) { time_stamp = time_stamp + "0"; } return time_stamp + second; } } ====================================================================== Since 1.4 SimpleDateFormat supports "Z" which produces the time zone value in +hhmm. The following is a sample program to produce a date string in the ISO 8601 style format. import java.text.*; import java.util.*; public class Sample { static SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"); static Date now = new Date(); public static void main(String[] args) { printDate(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); printDate(TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles")); printDate(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Asia/Tokyo")); } static void printDate(TimeZone zone) { sdf.setTimeZone(zone); String date = sdf.format(now); date = date.replaceAll("\\+0000$", "Z"); date = date.replaceAll("(\\d\\d)$", ":$1"); // if +hh:mm is preferred System.out.println(date); } } ---------- Output: $ java -showversion Sample java version "1.4.2" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2-b28) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-b28, mixed mode) 2003-09-10T01:38:11.410Z 2003-09-09T18:38:11.410-07:00 2003-09-10T10:38:11.410+09:00 ###@###.### 2003-09-10

10-09-2003