com.ssaglobal.bde
Class Date

java.lang.Object
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public class Date

extends java.lang.Object

Class representing a Date value.

Constructor Summary

Date(int year, int month, int day)
Create a Date object using the given year, month, day.

Date(long ms)
Create a Date object using the milliseconds value (Number of milliseconds since 1 januari, 1970) ignoring the Time component.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Compares two Date objects
int	getDay() Returns the day
int	getMonth() Returns the month
long	getTime() Returns the Number of milliseconds since 1 januari, 1970.
int	getYear() Returns the year
java.lang.String	toString() Formats a date in the date escape format yyyy-mm-dd.
static Date	valueOf(java.lang.String s) Create a Date object using a string having the yyyy-mm-dd format

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Date

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

Create a Date object using the given year, month, day. This date object is lenient, it accepts a wider range of field values than it produces.

Parameters:

year - the year value (absolute)

month - the month value (1-12)

day - the day value (absolute, starting with 1)

Date

public Date(long ms)

Create a Date object using the milliseconds value (Number of milliseconds since 1 januari, 1970) ignoring the Time component.

Parameters:

ms - Number of milliseconds since 1 januari, 1970

Method Detail

getYear

public int getYear()

Returns the year

Returns:

the year

getMonth

public int getMonth()

Returns the month

Returns:

the month

getDay

public int getDay()

Returns the day

Returns:

the day

valueOf

public static Date valueOf(java.lang.String s)

Create a Date object using a string having the yyyy-mm-dd format

Parameters:

s - date in yyyy-mm-dd format

Returns:

A new Date object

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If String is invalid.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Formats a date in the date escape format yyyy-mm-dd.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String in yyyy-mm-dd format

getTime

public long getTime()

Returns the Number of milliseconds since 1 januari, 1970.

Returns:

Number of milliseconds since 1 januari, 1970

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Compares two Date objects

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the date object to compare with this object

Returns:

true if objects are equal, false if not