DateCodec (Apache jclouds 2.4.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DateServiceDateCodecFactory.DateServiceAsctimeCodec, DateServiceDateCodecFactory.DateServiceIso8601Codec, DateServiceDateCodecFactory.DateServiceIso8601SecondsCodec, DateServiceDateCodecFactory.DateServiceRfc1123Codec, DateServiceDateCodecFactory.DateServiceRfc822Codec, HyphenToNullIso8601Codec
```
public interface DateCodec
```
converting from Date->String and vice versa.

See Also:

DateCodecFactory

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Date toDate(String date)
  
  String toString(Date date)

- Method Detail
  - toDate
```
Date toDate(String date)
     throws IllegalArgumentException
```
    Parameters:
    
    toParse - text to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    parsed date
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if the input is invalid
  - toString
```
String toString(Date date)
```