Package liquibase.util

Class NowAndTodayUtil

java.lang.Object

liquibase.util.NowAndTodayUtil

public final class NowAndTodayUtil
extends Object

Handles 'NOW' and 'TODAY' for Date / Time type columns

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Date	doNowOrToday(String value, String colType)	Determines value for "NOW" or "TODAY" prefixed value.
static boolean	isNowOrTodayFormat(String value)	Checks if date starts with "NOW" or "TODAY".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isNowOrTodayFormat

public static boolean isNowOrTodayFormat(String value)

Checks if date starts with "NOW" or "TODAY".

Parameters:

value - value to test

Returns:

true if value starts with "NOW" or "TODAY" (case insensitive), false otherwise.

doNowOrToday

public static Date doNowOrToday(String value,
                                String colType)
                         throws DateParseException

Determines value for "NOW" or "TODAY" prefixed value. "NOW" format can simply be "NOW" (case insensitive), or "NOW" followed by a "+" or "=", then an integer, then a unit. "M" or "MINUTE" or "MINUTES", "H" or "HOUR" or "HOURS", "D" or "DAY" or "DAYS", "Y", "YEAR", or 'YEARS". "TODAY" format can be simply "TODAY" (case insensitive), or "TODAY" followed by a "+" or "-", then an integer, to calculate an offset from today.

Parameters:

value - value to convert to a date

colType - Column type (e.g. "timestamp", "time", "date", or "datetime")

Returns:

calculated date, or null if is not a NOW or TODAY prefixed value.

Throws:

DateParseException - if colType is not one of "timestamp", "time", "date", or "datetime"