Class Time

java.lang.Object
org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object
org.bouncycastle.asn1.cms.Time
All Implemented Interfaces:
ASN1Choice, ASN1Encodable, Encodable

public class Time extends ASN1Object implements ASN1Choice
RFC 5652: Dual-mode timestamp format producing either UTCTIme or GeneralizedTime.

 Time ::= CHOICE {
     utcTime        UTCTime,
     generalTime    GeneralizedTime }
 

This has a constructor using java.util.Date for input which generates a DERUTCTime object if the supplied datetime is in range 1950-01-01-00:00:00 UTC until 2049-12-31-23:59:60 UTC. If the datetime value is outside that range, the generated object will be DERGeneralizedTime.

  • Constructor Details

    • Time

      public Time(Date time)
      Creates a time object from a given date - if the date is between 1950 and 2049 a UTCTime object is generated, otherwise a GeneralizedTime is used.
      Parameters:
      time - a date object representing the time of interest.
    • Time

      public Time(Date time, Locale locale)
      Creates a time object from a given date and locale - if the date is between 1950 and 2049 a UTCTime object is generated, otherwise a GeneralizedTime is used. You may need to use this constructor if the default locale doesn't use a Gregorian calender so that the GeneralizedTime produced is compatible with other ASN.1 implementations.
      Parameters:
      time - a date object representing the time of interest.
      locale - an appropriate Locale for producing an ASN.1 GeneralizedTime value.
  • Method Details

    • getInstance

      public static Time getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)
    • getInstance

      public static Time getInstance(Object obj)
      Return a Time object from the given object.

      Accepted inputs:

      Parameters:
      obj - the object we want converted.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the object cannot be converted.
    • getTime

      public String getTime()
      Get the date+tine as a String in full form century format.
    • getDate

      public Date getDate()
      Get java.util.Date version of date+time.
    • toASN1Primitive

      public ASN1Primitive toASN1Primitive()
      Produce an object suitable for an ASN1OutputStream.
      Specified by:
      toASN1Primitive in interface ASN1Encodable
      Specified by:
      toASN1Primitive in class ASN1Object
      Returns:
      a primitive representation of this object.