RE: [Jython-users] using java.text.DateFormat

[brian z. <bz...@zi...>]

Mike,

You are calling the method .parse on the Class DateFormat, not an
instance of DateFormat.  You should probably use an instance of
SimpleDateFormat or call one of the many .get[Date|Time]Instance methods
on DateFormat to get an instance.  The missing argument in your calls to
.parse is 'self'.

>>> from java.text import DateFormat
>>> date = '2/20/02'
>>> j = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT)
>>> print j.parse(date)
Wed Feb 20 00:00:00 CST 2002
>>>

brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jyt...@li... 
> [mailto:jyt...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Mike Hostetler
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:22 PM
> To: jyt...@li...
> Subject: [Jython-users] using java.text.DateFormat
> 
> 
> 
> Maybe I'm doing something dumb here -- I dunno.  I'll 
> honestly admit that
> I know more about Python than Java . . 
> 
> I'm wanting to emulate something like the time.strpformat in the
> CPython/Unix library.  The closest I've found is the 
> java.text.DateFormat class
> in the Java standard library.  I think I'm using it right, but I get a
> very strange error:
> 
> >>> from java.text import DateFormat
> >>> date
> 'Wednesday February 20 12:06:17 CST 2002'
> >>> t = DateFormat.parse(date)
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<console>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: parse(): expected 2-3 args; got 1
> 
> According to the Java API docs, DateFormat.parse only 
> requires 1-2 args:
> 
> parse
> public Date parse(String text)
>            throws ParseException
> 
> parse
> public abstract Date parse(String text, ParsePosition pos)
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions??
> 
> -- mikeh
> 
> 
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