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package graphical;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.text.FieldPosition;
import java.util.Locale;

public class DateHelper
{
    public static String getDateTimeForFilename()
        {
            return getDateString("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss");
        }
    
    public static String getDateTimeForHumanreadableLog()
        {
            return getDateString("[yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss]");
        }

    public static String getDateString(String _sFormat)
        {
            GregorianCalendar aCalendar = new GregorianCalendar();
            StringBuffer aBuf = new StringBuffer();
            
            Locale aLocale = new Locale("en","US");
            SimpleDateFormat aFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(_sFormat, aLocale);
            aBuf = aFormat.format(aCalendar.getTime(), aBuf, new FieldPosition(0) );
            // DebugHelper.writeInfo("Date: " + aBuf.toString());
            return aBuf.toString();
        }
}