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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.common;
+
+import android.text.format.Time;
+
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+
+/** {@hide} */
+public final class HttpDateTime {
+
+    /*
+     * Regular expression for parsing HTTP-date.
+     *
+     * Wdy, DD Mon YYYY HH:MM:SS GMT
+     * RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123
+     *
+     * Weekday, DD-Mon-YY HH:MM:SS GMT
+     * RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036
+     *
+     * Wdy Mon DD HH:MM:SS YYYY
+     * ANSI C's asctime() format
+     *
+     * with following variations
+     *
+     * Wdy, DD-Mon-YYYY HH:MM:SS GMT
+     * Wdy, (SP)D Mon YYYY HH:MM:SS GMT
+     * Wdy,DD Mon YYYY HH:MM:SS GMT
+     * Wdy, DD-Mon-YY HH:MM:SS GMT
+     * Wdy, DD Mon YYYY HH:MM:SS -HHMM
+     * Wdy, DD Mon YYYY HH:MM:SS
+     * Wdy Mon (SP)D HH:MM:SS YYYY
+     * Wdy Mon DD HH:MM:SS YYYY GMT
+     * 
+     * HH can be H if the first digit is zero.
+     * 
+     * Mon can be the full name of the month.
+     */
+    private static final String HTTP_DATE_RFC_REGEXP =
+            "([0-9]{1,2})[- ]([A-Za-z]{3,9})[- ]([0-9]{2,4})[ ]"
+            + "([0-9]{1,2}:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9])";
+
+    private static final String HTTP_DATE_ANSIC_REGEXP =
+            "[ ]([A-Za-z]{3,9})[ ]+([0-9]{1,2})[ ]"
+            + "([0-9]{1,2}:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9])[ ]([0-9]{2,4})";
+
+    /**
+     * The compiled version of the HTTP-date regular expressions.
+     */
+    private static final Pattern HTTP_DATE_RFC_PATTERN =
+            Pattern.compile(HTTP_DATE_RFC_REGEXP);
+    private static final Pattern HTTP_DATE_ANSIC_PATTERN =
+            Pattern.compile(HTTP_DATE_ANSIC_REGEXP);
+
+    private static class TimeOfDay {
+        TimeOfDay(int h, int m, int s) {
+            this.hour = h;
+            this.minute = m;
+            this.second = s;
+        }
+        
+        int hour;
+        int minute;
+        int second;
+    }
+
+    public static Long parse(String timeString)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException {
+
+        int date = 1;
+        int month = Calendar.JANUARY;
+        int year = 1970;
+        TimeOfDay timeOfDay;
+
+        Matcher rfcMatcher = HTTP_DATE_RFC_PATTERN.matcher(timeString);
+        if (rfcMatcher.find()) {
+            date = getDate(rfcMatcher.group(1));
+            month = getMonth(rfcMatcher.group(2));
+            year = getYear(rfcMatcher.group(3));
+            timeOfDay = getTime(rfcMatcher.group(4));
+        } else {
+            Matcher ansicMatcher = HTTP_DATE_ANSIC_PATTERN.matcher(timeString);
+            if (ansicMatcher.find()) {
+                month = getMonth(ansicMatcher.group(1));
+                date = getDate(ansicMatcher.group(2));
+                timeOfDay = getTime(ansicMatcher.group(3));
+                year = getYear(ansicMatcher.group(4));
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // FIXME: Y2038 BUG!
+        if (year >= 2038) {
+            year = 2038;
+            month = Calendar.JANUARY;
+            date = 1;
+        }
+
+        Time time = new Time(Time.TIMEZONE_UTC);
+        time.set(timeOfDay.second, timeOfDay.minute, timeOfDay.hour, date,
+                month, year);
+        return time.toMillis(false /* use isDst */);
+    }
+
+    private static int getDate(String dateString) {
+        if (dateString.length() == 2) {
+            return (dateString.charAt(0) - '0') * 10
+                    + (dateString.charAt(1) - '0');
+        } else {
+            return (dateString.charAt(0) - '0');
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * jan = 9 + 0 + 13 = 22
+     * feb = 5 + 4 + 1 = 10
+     * mar = 12 + 0 + 17 = 29
+     * apr = 0 + 15 + 17 = 32
+     * may = 12 + 0 + 24 = 36
+     * jun = 9 + 20 + 13 = 42
+     * jul = 9 + 20 + 11 = 40
+     * aug = 0 + 20 + 6 = 26
+     * sep = 18 + 4 + 15 = 37
+     * oct = 14 + 2 + 19 = 35
+     * nov = 13 + 14 + 21 = 48
+     * dec = 3 + 4 + 2 = 9
+     */
+    private static int getMonth(String monthString) {
+        int hash = Character.toLowerCase(monthString.charAt(0)) +
+                Character.toLowerCase(monthString.charAt(1)) +
+                Character.toLowerCase(monthString.charAt(2)) - 3 * 'a';
+        switch (hash) {
+            case 22:
+                return Calendar.JANUARY;
+            case 10:
+                return Calendar.FEBRUARY;
+            case 29:
+                return Calendar.MARCH;
+            case 32:
+                return Calendar.APRIL;
+            case 36:
+                return Calendar.MAY;
+            case 42:
+                return Calendar.JUNE;
+            case 40:
+                return Calendar.JULY;
+            case 26:
+                return Calendar.AUGUST;
+            case 37:
+                return Calendar.SEPTEMBER;
+            case 35:
+                return Calendar.OCTOBER;
+            case 48:
+                return Calendar.NOVEMBER;
+            case 9:
+                return Calendar.DECEMBER;
+            default:
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int getYear(String yearString) {
+        if (yearString.length() == 2) {
+            int year = (yearString.charAt(0) - '0') * 10
+                    + (yearString.charAt(1) - '0');
+            if (year >= 70) {
+                return year + 1900;
+            } else {
+                return year + 2000;
+            }
+        } else if (yearString.length() == 3) {
+            // According to RFC 2822, three digit years should be added to 1900.
+            int year = (yearString.charAt(0) - '0') * 100
+                    + (yearString.charAt(1) - '0') * 10
+                    + (yearString.charAt(2) - '0');
+            return year + 1900;
+        } else if (yearString.length() == 4) {
+             return (yearString.charAt(0) - '0') * 1000
+                    + (yearString.charAt(1) - '0') * 100
+                    + (yearString.charAt(2) - '0') * 10
+                    + (yearString.charAt(3) - '0');
+        } else {
+             return 1970;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static TimeOfDay getTime(String timeString) {
+        // HH might be H
+        int i = 0;
+        int hour = timeString.charAt(i++) - '0';
+        if (timeString.charAt(i) != ':')
+            hour = hour * 10 + (timeString.charAt(i++) - '0');
+        // Skip ':'
+        i++;
+        
+        int minute = (timeString.charAt(i++) - '0') * 10
+                    + (timeString.charAt(i++) - '0');
+        // Skip ':'
+        i++;
+        
+        int second = (timeString.charAt(i++) - '0') * 10
+                  + (timeString.charAt(i++) - '0');
+
+        return new TimeOfDay(hour, minute, second);        
+    }
+}