com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.filter
Class Nominal2Date

java.lang.Object
  com.rapidminer.tools.AbstractObservable<Operator>
      com.rapidminer.operator.Operator
          com.rapidminer.operator.AbstractExampleSetProcessing
              com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.AbstractDataProcessing
                  com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.filter.AbstractDateDataProcessing
                      com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.filter.Nominal2Date

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConfigurationListener, PreviewListener, ResourceConsumer, ParameterHandler, LoggingHandler, Observable<Operator>

public class Nominal2Date
extends AbstractDateDataProcessing

This operator parses given nominal attributes in order to create date and / or time attributes. The date format can be specified by the date_format parameter. The old nominal attribute will be removed and replaced by a new date attribute if the corresponding parameter is not set (default).

Date and Time Patterns

Date and time formats are specified by date and time pattern strings in the date_format parameter. Within date and time pattern strings, unquoted letters from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z' are interpreted as pattern letters representing the components of a date or time string. Text can be quoted using single quotes (') to avoid interpretation. "''" represents a single quote. All other characters are not interpreted; they're simply copied into the output string during formatting or matched against the input string during parsing.

The following pattern letters are defined (all other characters from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z' are reserved):

• G: era designator; Text; example: AD
• y: year; Year; example: 1996; 96
• M: month in year; Month; example: July; Jul; 07
• w: week in year; Number; example: 27
• W: week in month; Number; example: 2
• D: day in year; Number; example: 189
• d: day in month; Number; example: 10
• F: day of week in month; Number; example: 2
• E: day in week; Text; example: Tuesday; Tue
• a: am/pm marker; Text; example: PM
• H: hour in day (0-23); Number; example: 0
• k: hour in day (1-24); Number; example: 24
• K: hour in am / pm (0-11); Number; example: 0
• h: hour in am / pm (1-12); Number; example: 12
• m: minute in hour; Number; example: 30
• s: second in minute; Number; example: 55
• S: millisecond; Number; example: 978
• z: time zone; General Time Zone; example: Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00
• Z: time zone; RFC 822 Time Zone; example: -0800

Pattern letters are usually repeated, as their number determines the exact presentation:

• Text: For formatting, if the number of pattern letters is 4 or more, the full form is used; otherwise a short or abbreviated form is used if available. For parsing, both forms are accepted, independent of the number of pattern letters.
• Number: For formatting, the number of pattern letters is the minimum number of digits, and shorter numbers are zero-padded to this amount. For parsing, the number of pattern letters is ignored unless it's needed to separate two adjacent fields.
• Year: If the underlying calendar is the Gregorian calendar, the following rules are applied.
  • For formatting, if the number of pattern letters is 2, the year is truncated to 2 digits; otherwise it is interpreted as a number.
  • For parsing, if the number of pattern letters is more than 2, the year is interpreted literally, regardless of the number of digits. So using the pattern "MM/dd/yyyy", "01/11/12" parses to Jan 11, 12 A.D.
  • For parsing with the abbreviated year pattern ("y" or "yy"), this operator must interpret the abbreviated year relative to some century. It does this by adjusting dates to be within 80 years before and 20 years after the time the operator is created. For example, using a pattern of "MM/dd/yy" and the operator created on Jan 1, 1997, the string "01/11/12" would be interpreted as Jan 11, 2012 while the string "05/04/64" would be interpreted as May 4, 1964. During parsing, only strings consisting of exactly two digits will be parsed into the default century. Any other numeric string, such as a one digit string, a three or more digit string, or a two digit string that isn't all digits (for example, "-1"), is interpreted literally. So "01/02/3" or "01/02/003" are parsed, using the same pattern, as Jan 2, 3 AD. Likewise, "01/02/-3" is parsed as Jan 2, 4 BC.
  Otherwise, calendar system specific forms are applied. If the number of pattern letters is 4 or more, a calendar specific long form is used. Otherwise, a calendar short or abbreviated form is used.
• Month: If the number of pattern letters is 3 or more, the month is interpreted as text; otherwise, it is interpreted as a number.
• General time zone: Time zones are interpreted as text if they have names. It is possible to define time zones by representing a GMT offset value. RFC 822 time zones are also accepted.
• RFC 822 time zone: For formatting, the RFC 822 4-digit time zone format is used. General time zones are also accepted.

This operator also supports localized date and time pattern strings by defining the locale parameter. In these strings, the pattern letters described above may be replaced with other, locale dependent, pattern letters.

Examples

The following examples show how date and time patterns are interpreted in the U.S. locale. The given date and time are 2001-07-04 12:08:56 local time in the U.S. Pacific Time time zone.

• "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z": 2001.07.04 AD at 12:08:56 PDT
• "EEE, MMM d, ''yy": Wed, Jul 4, '01
• "h:mm a": 12:08 PM
• "hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz": 12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time
• "K:mm a, z": 0:08 PM, PDT
• "yyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa": 02001.July.04 AD 12:08 PM
• "EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z": Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700
• "yyMMddHHmmssZ": 010704120856-0700
• "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ": 2001-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700

Author:

Ingo Mierswa

Field Summary

static int	DATE
static int	DATE_TIME
static java.lang.String	PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_NAME
static java.lang.String	PARAMETER_DATE_FORMAT
static java.lang.String	PARAMETER_DATE_TYPE
static java.lang.String	PARAMETER_KEEP_OLD_ATTRIBUTE
static java.lang.String	PARAMETER_LOCALE
static java.lang.String	PARAMETER_TIME_ZONE
static int	TIME
static java.lang.String[]	VALUE_TYPES

Fields inherited from class com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.filter.AbstractDateDataProcessing

availableLocaleNames, availableLocales, DAY, DAY_RELATIVE_TO_EPOCH, DAY_RELATIVE_TO_MONTH, DAY_RELATIVE_TO_WEEK, DAY_RELATIVE_TO_YEAR, defaultLocale, HALF_YEAR, HALF_YEAR_RELATIVE_TO_EPOCH, HALF_YEAR_RELATIVE_TO_YEAR, HOUR, HOUR_RELATIVE_TO_DAY, HOUR_RELATIVE_TO_EPOCH, MILLISECOND, MILLISECOND_RELATIVE_TO_EPOCH, MILLISECOND_RELATIVE_TO_SECOND, MINUTE, MINUTE_RELATIVE_TO_DAY, MINUTE_RELATIVE_TO_EPOCH, MINUTE_RELATIVE_TO_HOUR, MONTH, MONTH_RELATIVE_TO_EPOCH, MONTH_RELATIVE_TO_QUARTER, MONTH_RELATIVE_TO_YEAR, PARAMETERS_RELATIVE_TO, QUARTER, QUARTER_RELATIVE_TO_EPOCH, QUARTER_RELATIVE_TO_YEAR, RELATIVE_TO_DEFAULTS, RELATIVE_TO_MODES, SECOND, SECOND_RELATIVE_TO_DAY, SECOND_RELATIVE_TO_EPOCH, SECOND_RELATIVE_TO_HOUR, SECOND_RELATIVE_TO_MINUTE, TIME_UNITS, WEEK, WEEK_RELATIVE_TO_EPOCH, WEEK_RELATIVE_TO_MONTH, WEEK_RELATIVE_TO_YEAR, YEAR, YEAR_RELATIVE_TO_EPOCH, YEAR_RELATIVE_TO_ERA

Constructor Summary

Nominal2Date(OperatorDescription description)

Method Summary

ExampleSet	apply(ExampleSet exampleSet) Delegate for the apply method.
java.util.List<ParameterType>	getParameterTypes() Returns a list of ParameterTypes describing the parameters of this operator.
ResourceConsumptionEstimator	getResourceConsumptionEstimator() Subclasses can override this method if they are able to estimate the consumed resources (CPU time and memory), based on their input.
protected MetaData	modifyMetaData(ExampleSetMetaData metaData) Subclasses might override this method to define the meta data transformation performed by this operator.
boolean	writesIntoExistingData() This method indicates whether the operator will perform a write operation on a cell in an existing column of the example set's ExampleTable.

Methods inherited from class com.rapidminer.operator.AbstractExampleSetProcessing

doWork, getExampleSetInputPort, getExampleSetOutputPort, getInputPort, getRequiredMetaData, shouldAutoConnect

Methods inherited from class com.rapidminer.operator.Operator

acceptsInput, addError, addError, addValue, addWarning, apply, apply, assumePreconditionsSatisfied, checkAll, checkAllExcludingMetaData, checkDeprecations, checkForStop, checkIO, checkProperties, clear, clearErrorList, cloneOperator, collectErrors, createExperimentTree, createExperimentTree, createFromXML, createFromXML, createFromXML, createMarkedExperimentTree, createMarkedProcessTree, createProcessTree, createProcessTree, disconnectPorts, execute, fireUpdate, freeMemory, getAddOnlyAdditionalOutput, getApplyCount, getCompatibilityLevel, getDeliveredOutputClasses, getDeprecationInfo, getDesiredInputClasses, getDOMRepresentation, getEncoding, getErrorList, getExecutionUnit, getExperiment, getIncompatibleVersionChanges, getInput, getInput, getInput, getInputClasses, getInputDescription, getInputPorts, getIODescription, getLog, getLogger, getName, getNumberOfBreakpoints, getOperatorClassName, getOperatorDescription, getOutputClasses, getOutputPorts, getParameter, getParameterAsBoolean, getParameterAsChar, getParameterAsColor, getParameterAsDouble, getParameterAsFile, getParameterAsFile, getParameterAsInputStream, getParameterAsInt, getParameterAsMatrix, getParameterAsRepositoryLocation, getParameterAsString, getParameterHandler, getParameterList, getParameters, getParameterTupel, getParameterType, getParent, getPortOwner, getProcess, getRoot, getStartTime, getTransformer, getUserDescription, getValue, getValues, getXML, getXML, getXML, hasBreakpoint, hasBreakpoint, hasInput, inApplyLoop, isDebugMode, isDirty, isEnabled, isExpanded, isParallel, isParameterSet, isRunning, log, log, logError, logNote, logWarning, lookupOperator, makeDirty, makeDirtyOnUpdate, notifyRenaming, performAdditionalChecks, preAutoWire, processFinished, processStarts, producesOutput, propagateDirtyness, register, registerOperator, remove, removeAndKeepConnections, rename, resume, setBreakpoint, setCompatibilityLevel, setEnabled, setEnclosingProcess, setExpanded, setInput, setListParameter, setPairParameter, setParameter, setParameters, setUserDescription, shouldAutoConnect, shouldStopStandaloneExecution, toString, transformMetaData, unregisterOperator, updateExecutionOrder, walk, writeXML, writeXML

Methods inherited from class com.rapidminer.tools.AbstractObservable

addObserver, addObserverAsFirst, fireUpdate, removeObserver

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_NAME

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PARAMETER_DATE_TYPE

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_DATE_TYPE

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PARAMETER_DATE_FORMAT

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_DATE_FORMAT

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PARAMETER_TIME_ZONE

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_TIME_ZONE

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PARAMETER_LOCALE

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_LOCALE

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PARAMETER_KEEP_OLD_ATTRIBUTE

public static final java.lang.String PARAMETER_KEEP_OLD_ATTRIBUTE

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VALUE_TYPES

public static final java.lang.String[] VALUE_TYPES

DATE

public static final int DATE

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TIME

public static final int TIME

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DATE_TIME

public static final int DATE_TIME

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Constructor Detail

Nominal2Date

public Nominal2Date(OperatorDescription description)

Method Detail

modifyMetaData

protected MetaData modifyMetaData(ExampleSetMetaData metaData)
                           throws UndefinedParameterError

Description copied from class: AbstractExampleSetProcessing

Subclasses might override this method to define the meta data transformation performed by this operator.

Overrides:

modifyMetaData in class AbstractExampleSetProcessing

Throws:

UndefinedParameterError

apply

public ExampleSet apply(ExampleSet exampleSet)
                 throws OperatorException

Description copied from class: AbstractExampleSetProcessing

Delegate for the apply method. The given ExampleSet is already a clone of the input example set so that changing this examples set does not affect the original one. Subclasses should avoid cloning again unnecessarily.

Specified by:

apply in class AbstractExampleSetProcessing

Throws:

OperatorException

getParameterTypes

public java.util.List<ParameterType> getParameterTypes()

Description copied from class: Operator

Returns a list of ParameterTypes describing the parameters of this operator. The default implementation returns an empty list if no input objects can be retained and special parameters for those input objects which can be prevented from being consumed. ATTENTION! This will create new parameterTypes. For calling already existing parameter types use getParameters().getParameterTypes();

Specified by:

getParameterTypes in interface ParameterHandler

Overrides:

getParameterTypes in class Operator

writesIntoExistingData

public boolean writesIntoExistingData()

Description copied from class: AbstractExampleSetProcessing

This method indicates whether the operator will perform a write operation on a cell in an existing column of the example set's ExampleTable. If yes, the original example will be completely copied in memory if the original port is used.

Specified by:

writesIntoExistingData in class AbstractExampleSetProcessing

getResourceConsumptionEstimator

public ResourceConsumptionEstimator getResourceConsumptionEstimator()

Description copied from class: Operator

Subclasses can override this method if they are able to estimate the consumed resources (CPU time and memory), based on their input. The default implementation returns null.

Specified by:

getResourceConsumptionEstimator in interface ResourceConsumer

Overrides:

getResourceConsumptionEstimator in class Operator