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Description
Constructor Summary
Method Summary
Constructor Details
1. Date(int, int, int)
2. Date(long)
Method Details

java.lang.Object

java.util.Date

java.sql.Date

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<Date>

public class Date extends Date

A thin wrapper around a millisecond value that allows JDBC to identify this as an SQL DATE value. A milliseconds value represents the number of milliseconds that have passed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00.000 GMT.

To conform with the definition of SQL DATE, the millisecond values wrapped by a java.sql.Date instance must be 'normalized' by setting the hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds to zero in the particular time zone with which the instance is associated.

Since:

1.1

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor

Description

Date(int year, int month, int day)

Deprecated.
instead use the constructor Date(long date)

Date(long date)

Constructs a Date object using the given milliseconds time value.
Method Summary

All MethodsStatic MethodsInstance MethodsConcrete MethodsDeprecated Methods

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

int

getHours()

Deprecated.

int

getMinutes()

Deprecated.

int

getSeconds()

Deprecated.

void

setHours(int i)

Deprecated.

void

setMinutes(int i)

Deprecated.

void

setSeconds(int i)

Deprecated.

void

setTime(long date)

Sets an existing Date object using the given milliseconds time value.

Instant

toInstant()

This method always throws an UnsupportedOperationException and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.

LocalDate

toLocalDate()

Creates a LocalDate instance using the year, month and day from this Date object.

String

toString()

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

static Date

valueOf(String s)

Converts a string in JDBC date escape format to a Date value.

static Date

valueOf(LocalDate date)

Obtains an instance of Date from a LocalDate object with the same year, month and day of month value as the given LocalDate.

Methods declared in class java.util.Date
after, before, clone, compareTo, equals, from, getDate, getDay, getMonth, getTime, getTimezoneOffset, getYear, hashCode, parse, setDate, setMonth, setYear, toGMTString, toLocaleString, UTC

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- Date
  
  @Deprecated(since="1.2") public Date(int year, int month, int day)
  
  Deprecated.
  instead use the constructor Date(long date)
  
  Constructs a Date object initialized with the given year, month, and day.
  The result is undefined if a given argument is out of bounds.
  
  Parameters:
  
  year - the year minus 1900; must be 0 to 8099. (Note that 8099 is 9999 minus 1900.)
  
  month - 0 to 11
  
  day - 1 to 31
- Date
  
  public Date(long date)
  
  Constructs a Date object using the given milliseconds time value. If the given milliseconds value contains time information, the driver will set the time components to the time in the default time zone (the time zone of the Java virtual machine running the application) that corresponds to zero GMT.
  
  Parameters:
  
  date - milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT not to exceed the milliseconds representation for the year 8099. A negative number indicates the number of milliseconds before January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.
Method Details
- setTime
  
  public void setTime(long date)
  
  Sets an existing Date object using the given milliseconds time value. If the given milliseconds value contains time information, the driver will set the time components to the time in the default time zone (the time zone of the Java virtual machine running the application) that corresponds to zero GMT.
  
  Overrides:
  
  setTime in class Date
  
  Parameters:
  
  date - milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT not to exceed the milliseconds representation for the year 8099. A negative number indicates the number of milliseconds before January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.
- valueOf
  
  public static Date valueOf(String s)
  
  Converts a string in JDBC date escape format to a Date value.
  
  Parameters:
  
  s - a String object representing a date in in the format "yyyy-[m]m-[d]d". The leading zero for mm and dd may also be omitted.
  
  Returns:
  
  a java.sql.Date object representing the given date
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the date given is not in the JDBC date escape format (yyyy-[m]m-[d]d)
- toString
  public String toString()
  
  Formats a date in the date escape format yyyy-mm-dd.
  Overrides:
  
  toString in class Date
  
  Returns:
  
  a String in yyyy-mm-dd format
  
  See Also:
  Date.toLocaleString()
  
  Date.toGMTString()
- getHours
  @Deprecated(since="1.2") public int getHours()
  
  Deprecated.
  
  This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.
  Overrides:
  
  getHours in class Date
  
  Returns:
  
  the hour represented by this date.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked
  
  See Also:
  setHours(int)
- getMinutes
  @Deprecated(since="1.2") public int getMinutes()
  
  Deprecated.
  
  This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.
  Overrides:
  
  getMinutes in class Date
  
  Returns:
  
  the number of minutes past the hour represented by this date.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked
  
  See Also:
  setMinutes(int)
- getSeconds
  @Deprecated(since="1.2") public int getSeconds()
  
  Deprecated.
  
  This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.
  Overrides:
  
  getSeconds in class Date
  
  Returns:
  
  the number of seconds past the minute represented by this date.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked
  
  See Also:
  setSeconds(int)
- setHours
  @Deprecated(since="1.2") public void setHours(int i)
  
  Deprecated.
  
  This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.
  Overrides:
  
  setHours in class Date
  
  Parameters:
  
  i - the hour value.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked
  
  See Also:
  getHours()
- setMinutes
  @Deprecated(since="1.2") public void setMinutes(int i)
  
  Deprecated.
  
  This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.
  Overrides:
  
  setMinutes in class Date
  
  Parameters:
  
  i - the value of the minutes.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked
  
  See Also:
  getMinutes()
- setSeconds
  @Deprecated(since="1.2") public void setSeconds(int i)
  
  Deprecated.
  
  This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.
  Overrides:
  
  setSeconds in class Date
  
  Parameters:
  
  i - the seconds value.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked
  
  See Also:
  getSeconds()
- valueOf
  
  public static Date valueOf(LocalDate date)
  
  Obtains an instance of Date from a LocalDate object with the same year, month and day of month value as the given LocalDate.
  The provided LocalDate is interpreted as the local date in the local time zone.
  
  Parameters:
  
  date - a LocalDate to convert
  
  Returns:
  
  a Date object
  
  Throws:
  
  NullPointerException - if date is null
  
  Since:
  
  1.8
- toLocalDate
  
  public LocalDate toLocalDate()
  
  Creates a LocalDate instance using the year, month and day from this Date object.
  
  Returns:
  
  a LocalDate object representing the same date value
  
  Since:
  
  1.8
- toInstant
  
  public Instant toInstant()
  
  This method always throws an UnsupportedOperationException and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.
  
  Overrides:
  
  toInstant in class Date
  
  Returns:
  
  an instant representing the same point on the time-line as this Date object
  
  Throws:
  
  UnsupportedOperationException - if this method is invoked

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Class Date

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods declared in class java.util.Date

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

Constructor Details

Date

Date

Method Details

setTime

valueOf

toString

getHours

getMinutes

getSeconds

setHours

setMinutes

setSeconds

valueOf

toLocalDate

toInstant