SpeedDating

Class Date

java.lang.Object

SpeedDating.Date

public class Date
extends java.lang.Object

Creates and manipulates dates on the Gregorian calendar, i.e. any date since October 15, 1582. Date objects have a month, day, and year

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Date(int month, int day, int year) Creates a date object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(int days) Adds a specified number of days to this Date
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object otherDate) Is a specified Date equal to this Date?
int	getDay() Returns the day portion of this Date, as an int between 1 and the number of days in the month
java.lang.String	getDayOfWeek() Returns the day of the week (e.g.
java.lang.String	getLongDate() Returns this Date in long format, with day-of-week, month name, and the ordinal of the day
java.lang.String	getMediumDate() Returns this Date in medium format - with month name
int	getMonth() Returns the month of this Date, as an int between 1 and 12
java.lang.String	getShortDate() Returns this Date in short format - numbers only
int	getYear() Returns the year of this Date
void	next() Increases this Date by one day.
void	previous() Decreases this Date by one day.
void	subtract(int days) Subtracts a specified number of days from this Date

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Date

public Date(int month,
            int day,
            int year)

Creates a date object

Parameters:

month - the month

day - the day

year - the year

Throws:

SpeedDating.DateException - on attempt to create invalid date

Method Detail

getDay

public int getDay()

Returns the day portion of this Date, as an int between 1 and the number of days in the month

Returns:

the day

getMonth

public int getMonth()

Returns the month of this Date, as an int between 1 and 12

Returns:

the month

getYear

public int getYear()

Returns the year of this Date

Returns:

the year

getDayOfWeek

public java.lang.String getDayOfWeek()

Returns the day of the week (e.g. "Saturday")

Returns:

the day of the week

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object otherDate)

Is a specified Date equal to this Date?

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

otherDate - the Date being tested for equality to this Date

Returns:

true if the two dates have the same month, day, and year; false if not

next

public void next()

Increases this Date by one day. Month and year roll over as necessary.

previous

public void previous()

Decreases this Date by one day. Month and year roll back as necessary.

add

public void add(int days)

Adds a specified number of days to this Date

Parameters:

days - the number of days by which to increase the Date (if negative, Date is decreased by that number)

subtract

public void subtract(int days)

Subtracts a specified number of days from this Date

Parameters:

days - the number of days by which to decrease the Date (if negative, Date is increased by that number)

getShortDate

public java.lang.String getShortDate()

Returns this Date in short format - numbers only

Returns:

the Date as "mm/dd/yyyy"

getMediumDate

public java.lang.String getMediumDate()

Returns this Date in medium format - with month name

Returns:

the Date as "month day, year" (E.g. October 15, 1582)

getLongDate

public java.lang.String getLongDate()

Returns this Date in long format, with day-of-week, month name, and the ordinal of the day

Returns:

the Date as "day-of-week, month day, year" (E.g. "Friday, October 15th, 1582")