de.fh_mannheim.mm.dms.framework
Class FormattedDate

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Date
      de.fh_mannheim.mm.dms.framework.FormattedDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.lang.Comparable, IElement, java.io.Serializable

public class FormattedDate

extends java.util.Date

implements IElement

This class is extends the Date-class for better date-handling. With the public declaration of DATE_OFFSET, the date could be set to zero by removing the timezone.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Jan Löffler, mail@jlsoft.de

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static long	DATE_OFFSET Dateoffset is used to remove timezone
static long	DAY
static long	HOUR
static long	MILLISECOND Public declarations of time intervals
static long	MINUTE
static long	MONTH
static long	SECOND
static long	WEEK
static long	YEAR

Constructor Summary

FormattedDate()
Constructor.

FormattedDate(java.util.Date date)
Constructor.

FormattedDate(long nMs)
Constructor.

Method Summary

static FormattedDate	getNextDay() Return the current day.
java.sql.Date	getSQLDate() Convert to sqldate object.
java.lang.String	toDateString() Date as string
org.w3c.dom.Element	toElement(org.w3c.dom.Document doc) Write information of date in a xml element.
org.w3c.dom.Element	toElement(org.w3c.dom.Element element, org.w3c.dom.Document doc) Write information of date in a xml element.
java.lang.String	toFormattedString(java.lang.String strType) Date as formatted string
java.lang.String	toString() Date as string
java.lang.String	toTimeString() Time as string

Methods inherited from class java.util.Date

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MILLISECOND

public static final long MILLISECOND

Public declarations of time intervals

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Constant Field Values

SECOND

public static final long SECOND

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Constant Field Values

MINUTE

public static final long MINUTE

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Constant Field Values

HOUR

public static final long HOUR

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Constant Field Values

DAY

public static final long DAY

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Constant Field Values

WEEK

public static final long WEEK

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Constant Field Values

MONTH

public static final long MONTH

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Constant Field Values

YEAR

public static final long YEAR

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Constant Field Values

DATE_OFFSET

public static final long DATE_OFFSET

Dateoffset is used to remove timezone

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

FormattedDate

public FormattedDate()

Constructor.

FormattedDate

public FormattedDate(java.util.Date date)

Constructor.

Parameters:

date - Date

FormattedDate

public FormattedDate(long nMs)

Constructor.

Parameters:

nMs - Time as long format

Method Detail

getNextDay

public static FormattedDate getNextDay()

Return the current day.

Returns:

date

getSQLDate

public java.sql.Date getSQLDate()

Convert to sqldate object.

Returns:

sql date

toElement

public org.w3c.dom.Element toElement(org.w3c.dom.Document doc)

Write information of date in a xml element.

Specified by:

toElement in interface IElement

Parameters:

doc - XML Document

Returns:

element

toElement

public org.w3c.dom.Element toElement(org.w3c.dom.Element element,
                                     org.w3c.dom.Document doc)

Write information of date in a xml element.

Specified by:

toElement in interface IElement

Parameters:

element - Root element

doc - XML Document

Returns:

element

toDateString

public java.lang.String toDateString()

Date as string

Returns:

date text

toFormattedString

public java.lang.String toFormattedString(java.lang.String strType)

Date as formatted string

Returns:

date text

toTimeString

public java.lang.String toTimeString()

Time as string

Returns:

time text

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Date as string

Specified by:

toString in interface IElement

Returns:

date text