/*
 * Created on 02-Jan-2005
 * Created by Paul Gardner
 * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Aelitis, All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 * 
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 *
 */

package org.gudy.azureus2.pluginsimpl.local.utils.xml.rss;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

import org.gudy.azureus2.core3.util.Debug;

/**
 * @author parg
 *
 */

public class 
RSSUtils 
{
	public static Date
	parseDate(
		String	date_str )
	{
		try{
			// see rfc822 [EEE,] dd MMM yyyy HH:mm::ss z
			// assume 4 digit year
				
			SimpleDateFormat	format;
			
			if ( date_str.indexOf( "," ) == -1 ){
				
				format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US );
				
			}else{
				
				format = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z", Locale.US );
			}
			
			return( format.parse( date_str ));
			
		}catch( ParseException e ){
			
			Debug.printStackTrace(e);
			
			return( null );
		}
	}
}