FastHttpDateFormat (Apache Tomcat 7.0.109 API Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.tomcat.util.http.FastHttpDateFormat

```
public final class FastHttpDateFormat
extends Object
```
Utility class to generate HTTP dates.

Author:

Remy Maucherat

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field and Description

static String RFC1123_DATE
Deprecated.
Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10.

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static String`	`RFC1123_DATE` Deprecated. Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

FastHttpDateFormat()

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`FastHttpDateFormat()`

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static String`	`formatDate(long value)` Get the HTTP format of the specified date.
`static String`	`formatDate(long value, DateFormat threadLocalformat)` Deprecated. Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10
`static String`	`getCurrentDate()` Get the current date in HTTP format.
`static long`	`parseDate(String value)` Try to parse the given date as an HTTP date.
`static long`	`parseDate(String value, DateFormat[] threadLocalformats)` Deprecated. Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10 Use `parseDate(String)`

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

- Field Detail
  - RFC1123_DATE
```
@Deprecated
public static final String RFC1123_DATE
```
    Deprecated. Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10.
    
    The only date format permitted when generating HTTP headers.
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - FastHttpDateFormat
```
public FastHttpDateFormat()
```
- Method Detail
  - getCurrentDate
```
public static final String getCurrentDate()
```
    Get the current date in HTTP format.
    
    Returns:
    the HTTP date
  - formatDate
```
@Deprecated
public static final String formatDate(long value,
                           DateFormat threadLocalformat)
```
    Deprecated. Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10
    
    Get the HTTP format of the specified date.
    
    Parameters:
    value - The date
    threadLocalformat - Ignored. The local ConcurrentDateFormat will always be used.
    
    Returns:
    the HTTP date
  - formatDate
```
public static final String formatDate(long value)
```
    Get the HTTP format of the specified date.
    
    Parameters:
    value - The date
    
    Returns:
    the HTTP date
  - parseDate
```
@Deprecated
public static final long parseDate(String value,
                        DateFormat[] threadLocalformats)
```
    Deprecated. Unused. This will be removed in Tomcat 10 Use parseDate(String)
    
    Try to parse the given date as an HTTP date.
    
    Parameters:
    value - The HTTP date
    threadLocalformats - Ignored. The local array of ConcurrentDateFormat will always be used.
    
    Returns:
    the date as a long
  - parseDate
```
public static final long parseDate(String value)
```
    Try to parse the given date as an HTTP date.
    
    Parameters:
    value - The HTTP date
    
    Returns:
    the date as a long or -1 if the value cannot be parsed

Class FastHttpDateFormat

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

RFC1123_DATE

Constructor Detail

FastHttpDateFormat

Method Detail

getCurrentDate

formatDate

formatDate

parseDate

parseDate