Date
open class Date : Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<Date!>
kotlin.Any | |
↳ | java.util.Date |
The class Date
represents a specific instant in time, with millisecond precision.
Prior to JDK 1.1, the class Date
had two additional functions. It allowed the interpretation of dates as year, month, day, hour, minute, and second values. It also allowed the formatting and parsing of date strings. Unfortunately, the API for these functions was not amenable to internationalization. As of JDK 1.1, the Calendar
class should be used to convert between dates and time fields and the DateFormat
class should be used to format and parse date strings. The corresponding methods in Date
are deprecated.
Although the Date
class is intended to reflect coordinated universal time (UTC), it may not do so exactly, depending on the host environment of the Java Virtual Machine. Nearly all modern operating systems assume that 1 day = 24 × 60 × 60 = 86400 seconds in all cases. In UTC, however, about once every year or two there is an extra second, called a "leap second." The leap second is always added as the last second of the day, and always on December 31 or June 30. For example, the last minute of the year 1995 was 61 seconds long, thanks to an added leap second. Most computer clocks are not accurate enough to be able to reflect the leap-second distinction.
Some computer standards are defined in terms of Greenwich mean time (GMT), which is equivalent to universal time (UT). GMT is the "civil" name for the standard; UT is the "scientific" name for the same standard. The distinction between UTC and UT is that UTC is based on an atomic clock and UT is based on astronomical observations, which for all practical purposes is an invisibly fine hair to split. Because the earth's rotation is not uniform (it slows down and speeds up in complicated ways), UT does not always flow uniformly. Leap seconds are introduced as needed into UTC so as to keep UTC within 0.9 seconds of UT1, which is a version of UT with certain corrections applied. There are other time and date systems as well; for example, the time scale used by the satellite-based global positioning system (GPS) is synchronized to UTC but is not adjusted for leap seconds. An interesting source of further information is the United States Naval Observatory (USNO):
<a href="https://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO">https://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO</a>
and the material regarding "Systems of Time" at:
<a href="https://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/time/master-clock/systems-of-time">https://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/time/master-clock/systems-of-time</a>
which has descriptions of various different time systems including UT, UT1, and UTC.
In all methods of class Date
that accept or return year, month, date, hours, minutes, and seconds values, the following representations are used:
- A year y is represented by the integer y
- 1900
. - A month is represented by an integer from 0 to 11; 0 is January, 1 is February, and so forth; thus 11 is December.
- A date (day of month) is represented by an integer from 1 to 31 in the usual manner.
- An hour is represented by an integer from 0 to 23. Thus, the hour from midnight to 1 a.m. is hour 0, and the hour from noon to 1 p.m. is hour 12.
- A minute is represented by an integer from 0 to 59 in the usual manner.
- A second is represented by an integer from 0 to 61; the values 60 and 61 occur only for leap seconds and even then only in Java implementations that actually track leap seconds correctly. Because of the manner in which leap seconds are currently introduced, it is extremely unlikely that two leap seconds will occur in the same minute, but this specification follows the date and time conventions for ISO C.
In all cases, arguments given to methods for these purposes need not fall within the indicated ranges; for example, a date may be specified as January 32 and is interpreted as meaning February 1.
Summary
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open static Long |
Determines the date and time based on the arguments. |
open Boolean |
Tests if this date is after the specified date. |
open Boolean |
Tests if this date is before the specified date. |
open Any |
clone() Return a copy of this object. |
open Int |
Compares two Dates for ordering. |
open Boolean |
Compares two dates for equality. |
open static Date! |
Obtains an instance of |
open Int |
getDate() Returns the day of the month represented by this |
open Int |
getDay() Returns the day of the week represented by this date. |
open Int |
getHours() Returns the hour represented by this |
open Int |
Returns the number of minutes past the hour represented by this date, as interpreted in the local time zone. |
open Int |
getMonth() Returns a number representing the month that contains or begins with the instant in time represented by this |
open Int |
Returns the number of seconds past the minute represented by this date. |
open Long |
getTime() Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this |
open Int |
Returns the offset, measured in minutes, for the local time zone relative to UTC that is appropriate for the time represented by this |
open Int |
getYear() Returns a value that is the result of subtracting 1900 from the year that contains or begins with the instant in time represented by this |
open Int |
hashCode() Returns a hash code value for this object. |
open static Long |
Attempts to interpret the string |
open Unit |
Sets the day of the month of this |
open Unit |
Sets the hour of this |
open Unit |
setMinutes(minutes: Int) Sets the minutes of this |
open Unit |
Sets the month of this date to the specified value. |
open Unit |
setSeconds(seconds: Int) Sets the seconds of this |
open Unit |
Sets this |
open Unit |
Sets the year of this |
open String! |
Creates a string representation of this d mon yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT
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open Instant! |
Converts this |
open String! |
Creates a string representation of this |
open String |
toString() Converts this dow mon dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy
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Public constructors
Date
Date()
Allocates a Date
object and initializes it so that it represents the time at which it was allocated, measured to the nearest millisecond.
See Also
Date
Date(date: Long)
Allocates a Date
object and initializes it to represent the specified number of milliseconds since the standard base time known as "the epoch", namely January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.
Parameters | |
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date |
Long: the milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT. |
See Also
Date
Date(
year: Int,
month: Int,
date: Int)
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(year + 1900, month, date)
or GregorianCalendar(year + 1900, month, date)
.
Allocates a Date
object and initializes it so that it represents midnight, local time, at the beginning of the day specified by the year
, month
, and date
arguments.
Parameters | |
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year |
Int: the year minus 1900. |
month |
Int: the month between 0-11. |
date |
Int: the day of the month between 1-31. |
See Also
Date
Date(
year: Int,
month: Int,
date: Int,
hrs: Int,
min: Int)
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(year + 1900, month, date, hrs, min)
or GregorianCalendar(year + 1900, month, date, hrs, min)
.
Allocates a Date
object and initializes it so that it represents the instant at the start of the minute specified by the year
, month
, date
, hrs
, and min
arguments, in the local time zone.
Parameters | |
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year |
Int: the year minus 1900. |
month |
Int: the month between 0-11. |
date |
Int: the day of the month between 1-31. |
hrs |
Int: the hours between 0-23. |
min |
Int: the minutes between 0-59. |
See Also
Date
Date(
year: Int,
month: Int,
date: Int,
hrs: Int,
min: Int,
sec: Int)
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(year + 1900, month, date, hrs, min, sec)
or GregorianCalendar(year + 1900, month, date, hrs, min, sec)
.
Allocates a Date
object and initializes it so that it represents the instant at the start of the second specified by the year
, month
, date
, hrs
, min
, and sec
arguments, in the local time zone.
Parameters | |
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year |
Int: the year minus 1900. |
month |
Int: the month between 0-11. |
date |
Int: the day of the month between 1-31. |
hrs |
Int: the hours between 0-23. |
min |
Int: the minutes between 0-59. |
sec |
Int: the seconds between 0-59. |
See Also
Date
Date(s: String!)
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by DateFormat.parse(String s)
.
Allocates a Date
object and initializes it so that it represents the date and time indicated by the string s
, which is interpreted as if by the Date#parse
method.
Parameters | |
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s |
String!: a string representation of the date. |
Public methods
UTC
open static funUTC(
year: Int,
month: Int,
date: Int,
hrs: Int,
min: Int,
sec: Int
): Long
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(year + 1900, month, date, hrs, min, sec)
or GregorianCalendar(year + 1900, month, date, hrs, min, sec)
, using a UTC TimeZone
, followed by Calendar.getTime().getTime()
.
Determines the date and time based on the arguments. The arguments are interpreted as a year, month, day of the month, hour of the day, minute within the hour, and second within the minute, exactly as for the Date
constructor with six arguments, except that the arguments are interpreted relative to UTC rather than to the local time zone. The time indicated is returned represented as the distance, measured in milliseconds, of that time from the epoch (00:00:00 GMT on January 1, 1970).
Parameters | |
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year |
Int: the year minus 1900. |
month |
Int: the month between 0-11. |
date |
Int: the day of the month between 1-31. |
hrs |
Int: the hours between 0-23. |
min |
Int: the minutes between 0-59. |
sec |
Int: the seconds between 0-59. |
Return | |
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Long |
the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT for the date and time specified by the arguments. |
See Also
after
open fun after(when: Date!): Boolean
Tests if this date is after the specified date.
Parameters | |
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when |
Date!: a date. |
Return | |
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Boolean |
true if and only if the instant represented by this Date object is strictly later than the instant represented by when ; false otherwise. |
Exceptions | |
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java.lang.NullPointerException |
if when is null. |
before
open fun before(when: Date!): Boolean
Tests if this date is before the specified date.
Parameters | |
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when |
Date!: a date. |
Return | |
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Boolean |
true if and only if the instant of time represented by this Date object is strictly earlier than the instant represented by when ; false otherwise. |
Exceptions | |
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java.lang.NullPointerException |
if when is null. |
clone
open fun clone(): Any
Return a copy of this object.
Return | |
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Any |
a clone of this instance. |
Exceptions | |
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java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException |
if the object's class does not support the Cloneable interface. Subclasses that override the clone method can also throw this exception to indicate that an instance cannot be cloned. |
compareTo
open fun compareTo(other: Date!): Int
Compares two Dates for ordering.
Parameters | |
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o |
the object to be compared. |
anotherDate |
the Date to be compared. |
Return | |
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Int |
the value 0 if the argument Date is equal to this Date; a value less than 0 if this Date is before the Date argument; and a value greater than 0 if this Date is after the Date argument. |
Exceptions | |
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java.lang.NullPointerException |
if anotherDate is null. |
java.lang.ClassCastException |
if the specified object's type prevents it from being compared to this object. |
equals
open fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean
Compares two dates for equality. The result is true
if and only if the argument is not null
and is a Date
object that represents the same point in time, to the millisecond, as this object.
Thus, two Date
objects are equal if and only if the getTime
method returns the same long
value for both.
Parameters | |
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obj |
the object to compare with. |
Return | |
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Boolean |
true if the objects are the same; false otherwise. |
See Also
from
open static fun from(instant: Instant!): Date!
Obtains an instance of Date
from an Instant
object.
Instant
uses a precision of nanoseconds, whereas Date
uses a precision of milliseconds. The conversion will truncate any excess precision information as though the amount in nanoseconds was subject to integer division by one million.
Instant
can store points on the time-line further in the future and further in the past than Date
. In this scenario, this method will throw an exception.
Parameters | |
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instant |
Instant!: the instant to convert |
Return | |
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Date! |
a Date representing the same point on the time-line as the provided instant |
Exceptions | |
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java.lang.NullPointerException |
if instant is null. |
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException |
if the instant is too large to represent as a Date |
getDate
open fungetDate(): Int
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)
.
Returns the day of the month represented by this Date
object. The value returned is between 1
and 31
representing the day of the month that contains or begins with the instant in time represented by this Date
object, as interpreted in the local time zone.
Return | |
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Int |
the day of the month represented by this date. |
See Also
getDay
open fungetDay(): Int
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)
.
Returns the day of the week represented by this date. The returned value (0
= Sunday, 1
= Monday, 2
= Tuesday, 3
= Wednesday, 4
= Thursday, 5
= Friday, 6
= Saturday) represents the day of the week that contains or begins with the instant in time represented by this Date
object, as interpreted in the local time zone.
Return | |
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Int |
the day of the week represented by this date. |
See Also
getHours
open fungetHours(): Int
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)
.
Returns the hour represented by this Date
object. The returned value is a number (0
through 23
) representing the hour within the day that contains or begins with the instant in time represented by this Date
object, as interpreted in the local time zone.
Return | |
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Int |
the hour represented by this date. |
See Also
getMinutes
open fungetMinutes(): Int
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE)
.
Returns the number of minutes past the hour represented by this date, as interpreted in the local time zone. The value returned is between 0
and 59
.
Return | |
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Int |
the number of minutes past the hour represented by this date. |
See Also
getMonth
open fungetMonth(): Int
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH)
.
Returns a number representing the month that contains or begins with the instant in time represented by this Date
object. The value returned is between 0
and 11
, with the value 0
representing January.
Return | |
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Int |
the month represented by this date. |
See Also
getSeconds
open fungetSeconds(): Int
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND)
.
Returns the number of seconds past the minute represented by this date. The value returned is between 0
and 61
. The values 60
and 61
can only occur on those Java Virtual Machines that take leap seconds into account.
Return | |
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Int |
the number of seconds past the minute represented by this date. |
See Also
getTime
open fun getTime(): Long
Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this Date
object.
Return | |
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Long |
the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this date. |
getTimezoneOffset
open fungetTimezoneOffset(): Int
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by -(Calendar.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET) + Calendar.get(Calendar.DST_OFFSET)) / (60 * 1000)
.
Returns the offset, measured in minutes, for the local time zone relative to UTC that is appropriate for the time represented by this Date
object.
For example, in Massachusetts, five time zones west of Greenwich:
new Date(96, 1, 14).getTimezoneOffset() returns 300
new Date(96, 5, 1).getTimezoneOffset() returns 240
This method produces the same result as if it computed:
(this.getTime() - UTC(this.getYear(), this.getMonth(), this.getDate(), this.getHours(), this.getMinutes(), this.getSeconds())) / (60 * 1000)
Return | |
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Int |
the time-zone offset, in minutes, for the current time zone. |
getYear
open fungetYear(): Int
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR) - 1900
.
Returns a value that is the result of subtracting 1900 from the year that contains or begins with the instant in time represented by this Date
object, as interpreted in the local time zone.
Return | |
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Int |
the year represented by this date, minus 1900. |
See Also
hashCode
open fun hashCode(): Int
Returns a hash code value for this object. The result is the exclusive OR of the two halves of the primitive long
value returned by the Date#getTime
method. That is, the hash code is the value of the expression:
<code>(int)(this.getTime()^(this.getTime() >>> 32)) </code>
Return | |
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Int |
a hash code value for this object. |
parse
open static funparse(s: String!): Long
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by DateFormat.parse(String s)
.
Attempts to interpret the string s
as a representation of a date and time. If the attempt is successful, the time indicated is returned represented as the distance, measured in milliseconds, of that time from the epoch (00:00:00 GMT on January 1, 1970). If the attempt fails, an IllegalArgumentException
is thrown.
It accepts many syntaxes; in particular, it recognizes the IETF standard date syntax: "Sat, 12 Aug 1995 13:30:00 GMT". It also understands the continental U.S. time-zone abbreviations, but for general use, a time-zone offset should be used: "Sat, 12 Aug 1995 13:30:00 GMT+0430" (4 hours, 30 minutes west of the Greenwich meridian). If no time zone is specified, the local time zone is assumed. GMT and UTC are considered equivalent.
The string s
is processed from left to right, looking for data of interest. Any material in s
that is within the ASCII parenthesis characters (
and )
is ignored. Parentheses may be nested. Otherwise, the only characters permitted within s
are these ASCII characters:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789,+-:/
A consecutive sequence of decimal digits is treated as a decimal number:
- If a number is preceded by
+
or-
and a year has already been recognized, then the number is a time-zone offset. If the number is less than 24, it is an offset measured in hours. Otherwise, it is regarded as an offset in minutes, expressed in 24-hour time format without punctuation. A preceding-
means a westward offset. Time zone offsets are always relative to UTC (Greenwich). Thus, for example,-5
occurring in the string would mean "five hours west of Greenwich" and+0430
would mean "four hours and thirty minutes east of Greenwich." It is permitted for the string to specifyGMT
,UT
, orUTC
redundantly-for example,GMT-5
orutc+0430
. - The number is regarded as a year number if one of the following conditions is true:
- The number is equal to or greater than 70 and followed by a space, comma, slash, or end of string
- The number is less than 70, and both a month and a day of the month have already been recognized
java.text.SimpleDateFormat
. - If the number is followed by a colon, it is regarded as an hour, unless an hour has already been recognized, in which case it is regarded as a minute.
- If the number is followed by a slash, it is regarded as a month (it is decreased by 1 to produce a number in the range
0
to11
), unless a month has already been recognized, in which case it is regarded as a day of the month. - If the number is followed by whitespace, a comma, a hyphen, or end of string, then if an hour has been recognized but not a minute, it is regarded as a minute; otherwise, if a minute has been recognized but not a second, it is regarded as a second; otherwise, it is regarded as a day of the month.
A consecutive sequence of letters is regarded as a word and treated as follows:
- A word that matches
AM
, ignoring case, is ignored (but the parse fails if an hour has not been recognized or is less than1
or greater than12
). - A word that matches
PM
, ignoring case, adds12
to the hour (but the parse fails if an hour has not been recognized or is less than1
or greater than12
). - Any word that matches any prefix of
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY
, orSATURDAY
, ignoring case, is ignored. For example,sat, Friday, TUE
, andThurs
are ignored. - Otherwise, any word that matches any prefix of
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER
, orDECEMBER
, ignoring case, and considering them in the order given here, is recognized as specifying a month and is converted to a number (0
to11
). For example,aug, Sept, april
, andNOV
are recognized as months. So isMa
, which is recognized asMARCH
, notMAY
. - Any word that matches
GMT, UT
, orUTC
, ignoring case, is treated as referring to UTC. - Any word that matches
EST, CST, MST
, orPST
, ignoring case, is recognized as referring to the time zone in North America that is five, six, seven, or eight hours west of Greenwich, respectively. Any word that matchesEDT, CDT, MDT
, orPDT
, ignoring case, is recognized as referring to the same time zone, respectively, during daylight saving time.
Once the entire string s has been scanned, it is converted to a time result in one of two ways. If a time zone or time-zone offset has been recognized, then the year, month, day of month, hour, minute, and second are interpreted in UTC and then the time-zone offset is applied. Otherwise, the year, month, day of month, hour, minute, and second are interpreted in the local time zone.
Parameters | |
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s |
String!: a string to be parsed as a date. |
Return | |
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Long |
the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by the string argument. |
See Also
setDate
open funsetDate(date: Int): Unit
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, int date)
.
Sets the day of the month of this Date
object to the specified value. This Date
object is modified so that it represents a point in time within the specified day of the month, with the year, month, hour, minute, and second the same as before, as interpreted in the local time zone. If the date was April 30, for example, and the date is set to 31, then it will be treated as if it were on May 1, because April has only 30 days.
Parameters | |
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date |
Int: the day of the month value between 1-31. |
See Also
setHours
open funsetHours(hours: Int): Unit
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, int hours)
.
Sets the hour of this Date
object to the specified value. This Date
object is modified so that it represents a point in time within the specified hour of the day, with the year, month, date, minute, and second the same as before, as interpreted in the local time zone.
Parameters | |
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hours |
Int: the hour value. |
See Also
setMinutes
open funsetMinutes(minutes: Int): Unit
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, int minutes)
.
Sets the minutes of this Date
object to the specified value. This Date
object is modified so that it represents a point in time within the specified minute of the hour, with the year, month, date, hour, and second the same as before, as interpreted in the local time zone.
Parameters | |
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minutes |
Int: the value of the minutes. |
See Also
setMonth
open funsetMonth(month: Int): Unit
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, int month)
.
Sets the month of this date to the specified value. This Date
object is modified so that it represents a point in time within the specified month, with the year, date, hour, minute, and second the same as before, as interpreted in the local time zone. If the date was October 31, for example, and the month is set to June, then the new date will be treated as if it were on July 1, because June has only 30 days.
Parameters | |
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month |
Int: the month value between 0-11. |
See Also
setSeconds
open funsetSeconds(seconds: Int): Unit
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, int seconds)
.
Sets the seconds of this Date
to the specified value. This Date
object is modified so that it represents a point in time within the specified second of the minute, with the year, month, date, hour, and minute the same as before, as interpreted in the local time zone.
Parameters | |
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seconds |
Int: the seconds value. |
See Also
setTime
open fun setTime(time: Long): Unit
Sets this Date
object to represent a point in time that is time
milliseconds after January 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT.
Parameters | |
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time |
Long: the number of milliseconds. |
setYear
open funsetYear(year: Int): Unit
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, year + 1900)
.
Sets the year of this Date
object to be the specified value plus 1900. This Date
object is modified so that it represents a point in time within the specified year, with the month, date, hour, minute, and second the same as before, as interpreted in the local time zone. (Of course, if the date was February 29, for example, and the year is set to a non-leap year, then the new date will be treated as if it were on March 1.)
Parameters | |
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year |
Int: the year value. |
See Also
toGMTString
open funtoGMTString(): String!
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by DateFormat.format(Date date)
, using a GMT TimeZone
.
Creates a string representation of this Date
object of the form:
d mon yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT
- d is the day of the month (
1
through31
), as one or two decimal digits. - mon is the month (
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
). - yyyy is the year, as four decimal digits.
- hh is the hour of the day (
00
through23
), as two decimal digits. - mm is the minute within the hour (
00
through59
), as two decimal digits. - ss is the second within the minute (
00
through61
), as two decimal digits. - GMT is exactly the ASCII letters "
GMT
" to indicate Greenwich Mean Time.
The result does not depend on the local time zone.
Return | |
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String! |
a string representation of this date, using the Internet GMT conventions. |
toInstant
open fun toInstant(): Instant!
Converts this Date
object to an Instant
.
The conversion creates an Instant
that represents the same point on the time-line as this Date
.
Return | |
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Instant! |
an instant representing the same point on the time-line as this Date object |
toLocaleString
open funtoLocaleString(): String!
Deprecated: As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by DateFormat.format(Date date)
.
Creates a string representation of this Date
object in an implementation-dependent form. The intent is that the form should be familiar to the user of the Java application, wherever it may happen to be running. The intent is comparable to that of the "%c
" format supported by the strftime()
function of ISO C.
Return | |
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String! |
a string representation of this date, using the locale conventions. |
toString
open fun toString(): String
Converts this Date
object to a String
of the form:
dow mon dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy
dow
is the day of the week (Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
).mon
is the month (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
).dd
is the day of the month (01
through31
), as two decimal digits.hh
is the hour of the day (00
through23
), as two decimal digits.mm
is the minute within the hour (00
through59
), as two decimal digits.ss
is the second within the minute (00
through61
, as two decimal digits.zzz
is the time zone (and may reflect daylight saving time). Standard time zone abbreviations include those recognized by the methodparse
. If time zone information is not available, thenzzz
is empty - that is, it consists of no characters at all.yyyy
is the year, as four decimal digits.
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