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package org.apache.jdo.tck.util;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor;

public class JDOCustomDateEditor extends CustomDateEditor {

  /** The format of date values in the xml representation */
  public static final String DATE_PATTERN = "d/MMM/yyyy";

  public JDOCustomDateEditor() {
    super(new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_PATTERN, Locale.US), true);
  }

  /**
   * Redturs a string representation of the specified date using DATE_PATTERN as date formatter
   * pattern.
   *
   * @param date the date
   * @return string representation of the specified date
   */
  public static String getDateRepr(Date date) {
    return date == null ? "null" : new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_PATTERN).format(date);
  }
}