com.pixelmed.dicom
Class DateTimeAttribute

java.lang.Object
  com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute
      com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute
          com.pixelmed.dicom.DateTimeAttribute

public class DateTimeAttribute
extends StringAttribute

A concrete class specializing Attribute for Date Time (DT) attributes.

Though an instance of this class may be created using its constructors, there is also a factory class, AttributeFactory.

See Also:

Attribute, AttributeFactory, AttributeList

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

specificCharacterSet

Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

valueLength, valueMultiplicity

Constructor Summary

DateTimeAttribute(AttributeTag t)
Construct an (empty) attribute.

DateTimeAttribute(AttributeTag t, long vl, DicomInputStream i)
Read an attribute from an input stream.

DateTimeAttribute(AttributeTag t, Long vl, DicomInputStream i)
Read an attribute from an input stream.

Method Summary

static Date	getDateFromFormattedString(AttributeList list, AttributeTag dateTag, AttributeTag timeTag) Get a Java Date from a DICOM format DT String value.
static Date	getDateFromFormattedString(String dateString) Get a Java Date from a DICOM format DT String value.
static String	getFormattedString(Date date) Deprecated. use getFormattedStringDefaultTimeZone() instead
static String	getFormattedString(Date date, TimeZone timezone) Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.
static String	getFormattedString(Date date, TimeZone timezone, boolean tzSuffix) Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.
static String	getFormattedStringDefaultTimeZone(Date date) Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.
static String	getFormattedStringUTC(Date date) Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.
static long	getTimeInMilliSecondsSinceEpoch(AttributeList list, AttributeTag dateTag, AttributeTag timeTag) Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by the combination of the DA and TM values of the specified pair of attributes.
static long	getTimeInMilliSecondsSinceEpoch(String dateTime) Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by the DT value.
static TimeZone	getTimeZone(String dicomTimeZone) Get a Java TimeZone from a DICOM format String time zone.
byte[]	getVR() Get the value representation of this attribute (DT).

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, getByteValues, getDoubleValues, getFloatValues, getIntegerValues, getLongValues, getOriginalStringValues, getPadByte, getPaddedVL, getShortValues, getSpecificCharacterSet, getStringValues, removeValues, setSpecificCharacterSet, toString, translateByteArrayToString, translateStringToByteArray, write

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDoubleValues, getDoubleValues, getElement, getFloatValues, getFloatValues, getGroup, getIntegerValues, getIntegerValues, getLongValues, getLongValues, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getTag, getVL, getVM, getVRAsString, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValues, setValues, setValues, setValues, toString, writeBase

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateTimeAttribute

public DateTimeAttribute(AttributeTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

DateTimeAttribute

public DateTimeAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                         long vl,
                         DicomInputStream i)
                  throws IOException,
                         DicomException

Read an attribute from an input stream.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

vl - the value length of the attribute

i - the input stream

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

DateTimeAttribute

public DateTimeAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                         Long vl,
                         DicomInputStream i)
                  throws IOException,
                         DicomException

Read an attribute from an input stream.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

vl - the value length of the attribute

i - the input stream

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

Method Detail

getVR

public byte[] getVR()

Get the value representation of this attribute (DT).

Overrides:

getVR in class Attribute

Returns:

'D','T' in ASCII as a two byte array; see ValueRepresentation

getFormattedString

public static String getFormattedString(Date date,
                                        TimeZone timezone,
                                        boolean tzSuffix)

Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.

Will format the Date for the specified timezone.

Parameters:

date - the Java Date to format

timezone - the Java TimeZone to use

tzSuffix - whether or not to append the time zone suffix

Returns:

a DICOM formatted DT value

getFormattedString

public static String getFormattedString(Date date,
                                        TimeZone timezone)

Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.

Will format the Date for the specified timezone.

Will include the timezone suffix.

Parameters:

date - the Java Date to format

timezone - the Java TimeZone to use

Returns:

a DICOM formatted DT value

getFormattedStringUTC

public static String getFormattedStringUTC(Date date)

Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.

Will format the Date for the UTC timezone, converting from whatever timezone is specified in the supplied Date if not UTC.

Parameters:

date - the Java Date to format

Returns:

a DICOM formatted DT value

getFormattedStringDefaultTimeZone

public static String getFormattedStringDefaultTimeZone(Date date)

Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.

Will format the Date for the default timezone, converting from whatever timezone is specified in the supplied Date if not the default.

Parameters:

date - the Java Date to format

Returns:

a DICOM formatted DT value

getFormattedString

public static String getFormattedString(Date date)

Deprecated. use getFormattedStringDefaultTimeZone() instead

Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.

Will format the Date for the default timezone, converting from whatever timezone is specified in the supplied Date if not the default.

Parameters:

date - the Java Date to format

Returns:

a DICOM formatted DT value

getDateFromFormattedString

public static Date getDateFromFormattedString(String dateString)
                                       throws ParseException

Get a Java Date from a DICOM format DT String value.

Parameters:

dateString - the date to parse

Returns:

a Java Date

Throws:

ParseException

getDateFromFormattedString

public static Date getDateFromFormattedString(AttributeList list,
                                              AttributeTag dateTag,
                                              AttributeTag timeTag)
                                       throws ParseException,
                                              DicomException

Get a Java Date from a DICOM format DT String value.

Will use the TimezoneOffsetFromUTC if present in the AttributeList, else will assume UTC (not whatever the local time zone happens to be).

Parameters:

list - the list containing the attributes

dateTag - the tag of the DA attribute

timeTag - the tag of the TM attribute

Returns:

a Java Date

Throws:

ParseException

DicomException - if date attribute is missing or empty

getTimeZone

public static TimeZone getTimeZone(String dicomTimeZone)

Get a Java TimeZone from a DICOM format String time zone.

E.g. from +0500 or -0700, the last component of a DateTime attribute value, or the value of the DICOM attribute TimezoneOffsetFromUTC.

Parameters:

dicomTimeZone - the String DICOM format time zone

Returns:

a Java TimeZone representing the supplied time zone, or the GMT zone if it cannot be understood

getTimeInMilliSecondsSinceEpoch

public static long getTimeInMilliSecondsSinceEpoch(String dateTime)
                                            throws ParseException

Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by the DT value.

Parameters:

dateTime - the string to parse

Returns:

the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this date; may be a ludicrous value if string not formatted correctly

Throws:

ParseException

getTimeInMilliSecondsSinceEpoch

public static long getTimeInMilliSecondsSinceEpoch(AttributeList list,
                                                   AttributeTag dateTag,
                                                   AttributeTag timeTag)
                                            throws ParseException,
                                                   DicomException

Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by the combination of the DA and TM values of the specified pair of attributes.

Will use the TimezoneOffsetFromUTC if present in the AttributeList, else will assume UTC (not whatever the local time zone happens to be).

Parameters:

list - the list containing the attributes

dateTag - the tag of the DA attribute

timeTag - the tag of the TM attribute

Returns:

the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this date

Throws:

ParseException

DicomException - if date attribute is missing or empty