Name
Date
Synopsis
Class Name: java.sql.Date |
Superclass: java.util.Date |
Immediate Subclasses: None |
Interfaces Implemented: None |
Availability: JDK 1.1 |
Description
This class deals with a subset of functionality found in the
java.util.Date
class. It specifically worries only
about days and ignores hours, minutes, and seconds.
Class Summary
public class Date extends java.util.Date { static public Date valueOf(String s); #public Date(int year, int month, int day); public Date(long date); public void setTime(long date); public String toString(); }
Class Methods
- valueOf( )
static public Date valueOf(String s)
Description: Given a
String
in the form ofyyyy-mm-dd
, this will return a corresponding instance of theDate
class representing that date.
Object Constructors
- Date( )
public Date(long date) #public Date(int year, int month, int day)
Description: Constructs a new
Date
instance. The proper way to construct aDate
is to use the new JDK 1.2Date(long)
constructor. The date argument specifies the number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 GMT. A negative number represents the milliseconds before that date. The second, deprecated constructor naturally should never be used since it is ambiguous with respect to calendar and time zone.
Object Methods
- setTime( )
public void setTime(long date)
Description: Sets the time represented by this Date object to the specified number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 GMT. A negative number represents the milliseconds before that date.
- toString( ...
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