com.cloudhopper.commons.util.time

Class DateTimePeriodSelector

java.lang.Object

com.cloudhopper.commons.util.time.DateTimePeriodSelector

public class DateTimePeriodSelector
extends Object

Utility class for creating lists of periods for users to select from. For example, a user might want to select from a period covering the "Last Year" as months.

Author:

joelauer (twitter: @jjlauer or http://twitter.com/jjlauer)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List<DateTimePeriod>	last12Months(org.joda.time.DateTimeZone zone) Create a list of DateTimePeriods that represent the last 12 month periods based on the current date.
static DateTimePeriod	lastMonth(org.joda.time.DateTimeZone zone)
static DateTimePeriod	thisMonth(org.joda.time.DateTimeZone zone)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

thisMonth

public static DateTimePeriod thisMonth(org.joda.time.DateTimeZone zone)

lastMonth

public static DateTimePeriod lastMonth(org.joda.time.DateTimeZone zone)

last12Months

public static List<DateTimePeriod> last12Months(org.joda.time.DateTimeZone zone)

Create a list of DateTimePeriods that represent the last 12 month periods based on the current date. The list will be arranged in ascending order from earliest to latest date. For example, if its currently January 2009, a list containing "February 2008, March 2008, ... , January 2009" would be returned. If you need this list in reverse order to show the most recent month first, just call Collections.reverse() on the returned list.

Parameters:

zone - The time zone used for calculations

Returns:

A list of the last 12 months