com.interfaceware.chameleon
Class DblDate

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Date
      com.interfaceware.chameleon.DblDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, java.lang.Comparable<java.util.Date>

public class DblDate
extends java.util.Date

This class handles dates in Chameleon. It is a member of ChameleonDateTime.

See Also:

ChameleonDateTime, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

DblDate()
Construct a DblDate object.

DblDate(java.util.Date ADate)
Construct a DblDate object with the specified Date.

DblDate(double date)
Construct a DblDate object with the specified double date.

DblDate(long date)
Construct a DblDate object with the specified long date.

Method Summary

static DblDate	now() Get the current date and time.
void	setDblDate(double dtSrc) Set the DblDate object to the specified double value.
double	toDouble() Convert the DblDate object to a double.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Date

after, before, clone, compareTo, equals, getDate, getDay, getHours, getMinutes, getMonth, getSeconds, getTime, getTimezoneOffset, getYear, hashCode, parse, setDate, setHours, setMinutes, setMonth, setSeconds, setTime, setYear, toGMTString, toLocaleString, toString, UTC

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DblDate

public DblDate(java.util.Date ADate)

Construct a DblDate object with the specified Date.

DblDate

public DblDate()

Construct a DblDate object. This constructs a DblDate object and initializes with the time at which it was allocated.

DblDate

public DblDate(long date)

Construct a DblDate object with the specified long date. date is the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT.

DblDate

public DblDate(double date)

Construct a DblDate object with the specified double date. date measures the number of days from midnight (12AM) 30 December 1899. For example, 6AM 1 January 1900 is represented as 2.25. Hours and minutes are represented as fractional days, i.e., 0.25 * 24hours = 6AM.

Method Detail

now

public static DblDate now()

Get the current date and time.

setDblDate

public void setDblDate(double dtSrc)

Set the DblDate object to the specified double value. dtSrc measures the number of days from midnight (12AM) 30 December 1899. For example, 6AM 1 January 1900 is represented as 2.25. Hours and minutes are represented as fractional days, i.e., 0.25 * 24hours = 6AM.

toDouble

public double toDouble()

Convert the DblDate object to a double. The return value measures the number of days from midnight (12AM) 30 December 1899. For example, 6AM 1 January 1900 is represented as 2.25. Hours and minutes are represented as fractional days, i.e., 0.25 * 24hours = 6AM.