devplugin

Class Date

java.lang.Object

devplugin.Date

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<Date>

public class Date
extends Object
implements Comparable<Date>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Date() Constructs a new Date object, initialized with the current date.
Date(Calendar cal)
Date(DataInput in) Creates a new instance from a RandomAccessFile.
Date(Date d)
Date(int daysSince1970) Deprecated.
Date(int year, int month, int dayOfMonth)
Date(ObjectInputStream in) Creates a new instance from a stream.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Date	addDays(int days)
int	compareTo(Date otherDate)
static Date	createDateFromValue(long value)
static Date	createDDMMYYYY(String date, String separator)
static Date	createYYMMDD(String date, String separator)
static Date	createYYYYMMDD(String date, String separator)
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Calendar	getCalendar()
static Date	getCurrentDate()
String	getDateString() return the textual representation of this date with abbreviated day of week and abbreviated month name
int	getDayOfMonth()
int	getDayOfWeek() get the day of the week for this date
int	getDaysSince1970() Deprecated.
String	getLongDateString() return the textual representation of this date with full day of week and full month name (neither abbreviated)
int	getMonth()
int	getNumberOfDaysSince(Date d)
String	getShortDayLongMonthString() returns the textual representation of this date with abbreviated day of week, but full month
long	getValue()
int	getWeekOfYear() Returns the week number within the current year.
int	getYear()
int	hashCode() A hash code implementation that returns the same code for equal Dates.
boolean	isFirstDayOfWeek() is this a Monday?
String	toString()
void	writeData(ObjectOutputStream out) Writes this instance to a stream.
void	writeToDataFile(RandomAccessFile out) Writes this instance to a RandomAccessFile.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Date

public Date()

Constructs a new Date object, initialized with the current date.

Date

public Date(int year,
    int month,
    int dayOfMonth)

Date

public Date(int daysSince1970)

Deprecated.

Attention: DO NOT USE THIS! Under Os/2 it has some problems with calculating the real Date!

Date

public Date(Calendar cal)

Date

public Date(Date d)

Date

public Date(DataInput in)
     throws IOException,
            ClassNotFoundException

Creates a new instance from a RandomAccessFile.

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException

Since:

2.2

Date

public Date(ObjectInputStream in)
     throws IOException,
            ClassNotFoundException

Creates a new instance from a stream.

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException

Method Detail

createYYYYMMDD

public static Date createYYYYMMDD(String date,
                  String separator)

createDDMMYYYY

public static Date createDDMMYYYY(String date,
                  String separator)

createYYMMDD

public static Date createYYMMDD(String date,
                String separator)

getNumberOfDaysSince

public int getNumberOfDaysSince(Date d)

Parameters:

d - The date to check for days since.

Returns:

The days since the given date.

Since:

0.9.7.4 This method may not return the exactly number of days since the calculation is confounded by daylight savings time switchovers... Around midnight the result may not be correct.

getYear

public int getYear()

getMonth

public int getMonth()

getDayOfMonth

public int getDayOfMonth()

getWeekOfYear

public int getWeekOfYear()

Returns the week number within the current year.

Returns:

The week number.

Since:

2.5.1

getCurrentDate

public static Date getCurrentDate()

writeToDataFile

public void writeToDataFile(RandomAccessFile out)
                     throws IOException

Writes this instance to a RandomAccessFile.

Parameters:

out -

Throws:

IOException

Since:

2.2

writeData

public void writeData(ObjectOutputStream out)
               throws IOException

Writes this instance to a stream.

Throws:

IOException

hashCode

public int hashCode()

A hash code implementation that returns the same code for equal Dates.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

getDateString

public String getDateString()

return the textual representation of this date with abbreviated day of week and abbreviated month name

Returns:

date string

getLongDateString

public String getLongDateString()

return the textual representation of this date with full day of week and full month name (neither abbreviated)

Returns:

date string

getShortDayLongMonthString

public String getShortDayLongMonthString()

returns the textual representation of this date with abbreviated day of week, but full month

Returns:

date as string

getValue

public long getValue()

createDateFromValue

public static Date createDateFromValue(long value)

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getCalendar

public Calendar getCalendar()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getDaysSince1970

public int getDaysSince1970()

Deprecated.

addDays

public Date addDays(int days)

compareTo

public int compareTo(Date otherDate)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Date>

getDayOfWeek

public int getDayOfWeek()

get the day of the week for this date

Returns:

day of week, as Calendar.MONDAY and so on

Since:

2.6

isFirstDayOfWeek

public boolean isFirstDayOfWeek()

is this a Monday?

Returns:

true, if this is the first day of the week

Since:

2.6