java.util.Date Class Reference

Public Member Functions
	Date ()
	Date (long milliseconds)
boolean	after (Date date)
boolean	before (Date date)
Object	clone ()
int	compareTo (Date date)
boolean	equals (Object object)
long	getTime ()
int	hashCode ()
void	setTime (long milliseconds)
String	toString ()

Detailed Description

Date 

represents a specific moment in time, to the millisecond.

See also

System::currentTimeMillis

Calendar

GregorianCalendar

SimpleTimeZone

TimeZone

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Date() [1/2]

java.util.Date.Date ( )

inline

Initializes this

Date 

instance to the current time.

Date() [2/2]

java.util.Date.Date ( long  milliseconds )

inline

Initializes this

Date 

instance using the specified millisecond value. The value is the number of milliseconds since Jan. 1, 1970 GMT.

Parameters

milliseconds

the number of milliseconds since Jan. 1, 1970 GMT.

Member Function Documentation

after()

boolean java.util.Date.after ( Date  date )

inline

Returns if this

Date 

is after the specified Date.

Parameters

date	a Date instance to compare.

Returns

true 

if this

Date 

is after the specified

Date 

,

false 

otherwise.

before()

boolean java.util.Date.before ( Date  date )

inline

Returns if this

Date 

is before the specified Date.

Parameters

date	a Date instance to compare.

Returns

true 

if this

Date 

is before the specified

Date 

,

false 

otherwise.

clone()

Object java.util.Date.clone ( )

inline

Returns a new

Date 

with the same millisecond value as this

Date 

.

Returns

a shallow copy of this

Date 

.

See also

java.lang.Cloneable

compareTo()

int java.util.Date.compareTo ( Date  date )

inline

Compare the receiver to the specified

Date 

to determine the relative ordering.

Parameters

date	a Date to compare against.

Returns

an

int < 0 

if this

Date 

is less than the specified

Date 

,

0 

if they are equal, and an

int > 0 

if this

Date 

is greater.

equals()

boolean java.util.Date.equals ( Object  object )

inline

Compares the specified object to this

Date 

and returns if they are equal. To be equal, the object must be an instance of

Date 

and have the same millisecond value.

Parameters

object

the object to compare with this object.

Returns

true 

if the specified object is equal to this

Date 

,

false 

otherwise.

See also

hashCode

getTime()

long java.util.Date.getTime ( )

inline

Returns this

Date 

as a millisecond value. The value is the number of milliseconds since Jan. 1, 1970, midnight GMT.

Returns

the number of milliseconds since Jan. 1, 1970, midnight GMT.

hashCode()

int java.util.Date.hashCode ( )

inline

Returns an integer hash code for the receiver. Objects which are equal return the same value for this method.

Returns

this

Date 

's hash.

See also

equals

setTime()

void java.util.Date.setTime ( long  milliseconds )

inline

Sets this

Date 

to the specified millisecond value. The value is the number of milliseconds since Jan. 1, 1970 GMT.

Parameters

milliseconds

the number of milliseconds since Jan. 1, 1970 GMT.

toString()

String java.util.Date.toString ( )

inline

Returns a string representation of this

Date 

. The formatting is equivalent to using a

SimpleDateFormat 

with the format string "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy", which looks something like "Tue Jun 22 13:07:00 PDT 1999". The current default time zone and locale are used. If you need control over the time zone or locale, use

SimpleDateFormat 

instead.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/java/util/Date.java