Method parse

src/tsd/client/DateTimeBox.java:52–89

Adds support for some human readable dates ("1d ago", "10:30").

(final DateBox box,
                        final String text,
                        final boolean report_error)

    new DefaultFormat(DateTimeFormat.getFormat("yyyy/MM/dd-HH:mm:ss")) {
      /** Adds support for some human readable dates ("1d ago", "10:30").  */
      @Override
      public Date parse(final DateBox box,
                        final String text,
                        final boolean report_error) {
        if (text.endsWith(" ago") || text.endsWith("-ago")) { // e.g. "1d ago".
          long interval;
          final int lastchar = text.length() - 5;
          try {
            interval = Integer.parseInt(text.substring(0, lastchar));
          } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            setError(box);
            return null;
          }
          if (interval <= 0) {
            setError(box);
            return null;
          }
          switch (text.charAt(lastchar)) {
            case 's': break;                               // seconds
            case 'm': interval *= 60; break;               // minutes
            case 'h': interval *= 3600; break;             // hours
            case 'd': interval *= 3600 * 24; break;        // days
            case 'w': interval *= 3600 * 24 * 7; break;    // weeks
            case 'y': interval *= 3600 * 24 * 365; break;  // years
          }
          final Date d = new Date();
          d.setTime(d.getTime() - interval * 1000L);
          return d;
        } else if (text.length() == 5) {  // "HH:MM"
          try {
            return HHMM_FORMAT.parse(text);
          } catch (IllegalArgumentException ignored) {
            setError(box);
            return null;
          }
        }
        return super.parse(box, text, report_error);
      }

      private void setError(final DateBox box) {
        box.addStyleName("dateBoxFormatError");