org.joda.time.base
Class AbstractDateTime

java.lang.Object
  org.joda.time.base.AbstractInstant
      org.joda.time.base.AbstractDateTime

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, ReadableDateTime, ReadableInstant

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseDateTime

public abstract class AbstractDateTime

extends AbstractInstant

implements ReadableDateTime

AbstractDateTime provides the common behaviour for datetime classes.

This class should generally not be used directly by API users. The ReadableDateTime interface should be used when different kinds of date/time objects are to be referenced.

Whenever you want to implement ReadableDateTime you should extend this class.

AbstractDateTime subclasses may be mutable and not thread-safe.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Brian S O'Neill, Stephen Colebourne

Method Summary

int	get(DateTimeFieldType type) Get the value of one of the fields of a datetime.
int	getCenturyOfEra() Get the year of era field value.
int	getDayOfMonth() Get the day of month field value.
int	getDayOfWeek() Get the day of week field value.
int	getDayOfYear() Get the day of year field value.
int	getEra() Get the era field value.
int	getHourOfDay() Get the hour of day field value.
int	getMillisOfDay() Get the millis of day field value.
int	getMillisOfSecond() Get the millis of second field value.
int	getMinuteOfDay() Get the minute of day field value.
int	getMinuteOfHour() Get the minute of hour field value.
int	getMonthOfYear() Get the month of year field value.
int	getSecondOfDay() Get the second of day field value.
int	getSecondOfMinute() Get the second of minute field value.
int	getWeekOfWeekyear() Get the week of weekyear field value.
int	getWeekyear() Get the weekyear field value.
int	getYear() Get the year field value.
int	getYearOfCentury() Get the year of century field value.
int	getYearOfEra() Get the year of era field value.
Calendar	toCalendar(Locale locale) Get the date time as a java.util.Calendar, assigning exactly the same millisecond instant.
GregorianCalendar	toGregorianCalendar() Get the date time as a java.util.GregorianCalendar, assigning exactly the same millisecond instant.
String	toString(String pattern) Output the instant using the specified format pattern.
String	toString(String pattern, Locale locale) Output the instant using the specified format pattern.

Methods inherited from class org.joda.time.base.AbstractInstant

compareTo, equals, get, getZone, hashCode, isAfter, isAfter, isAfterNow, isBefore, isBefore, isBeforeNow, isEqual, isEqual, isEqualNow, isSupported, toDate, toDateTime, toDateTime, toDateTime, toDateTimeISO, toInstant, toMutableDateTime, toMutableDateTime, toMutableDateTime, toMutableDateTimeISO, toString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.joda.time.ReadableDateTime

toDateTime, toMutableDateTime

Methods inherited from interface org.joda.time.ReadableInstant

compareTo, equals, getChronology, getMillis, getZone, hashCode, isAfter, isBefore, isEqual, isSupported, toInstant, toString

Method Detail

get

public int get(DateTimeFieldType type)

Get the value of one of the fields of a datetime.

This method uses the chronology of the datetime to obtain the value. It is essentially a generic way of calling one of the get methods.

Specified by:

get in interface ReadableInstant

Overrides:

get in class AbstractInstant

Parameters:

type - a field type, usually obtained from DateTimeFieldType

Returns:

the value of that field

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the field type is null

getEra

public int getEra()

Get the era field value.

Specified by:

getEra in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the era

getCenturyOfEra

public int getCenturyOfEra()

Get the year of era field value.

Specified by:

getCenturyOfEra in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the year of era

getYearOfEra

public int getYearOfEra()

Get the year of era field value.

Specified by:

getYearOfEra in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the year of era

getYearOfCentury

public int getYearOfCentury()

Get the year of century field value.

Specified by:

getYearOfCentury in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the year of century

getYear

public int getYear()

Get the year field value.

Specified by:

getYear in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the year

getWeekyear

public int getWeekyear()

Get the weekyear field value.

Specified by:

getWeekyear in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the year of a week based year

getMonthOfYear

public int getMonthOfYear()

Get the month of year field value.

Specified by:

getMonthOfYear in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the month of year

getWeekOfWeekyear

public int getWeekOfWeekyear()

Get the week of weekyear field value.

Specified by:

getWeekOfWeekyear in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the week of a week based year

getDayOfYear

public int getDayOfYear()

Get the day of year field value.

Specified by:

getDayOfYear in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the day of year

getDayOfMonth

public int getDayOfMonth()

Get the day of month field value.

The values for the day of month are defined in DateTimeConstants.

Specified by:

getDayOfMonth in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the day of month

getDayOfWeek

public int getDayOfWeek()

Get the day of week field value.

The values for the day of week are defined in DateTimeConstants.

Specified by:

getDayOfWeek in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the day of week

getHourOfDay

public int getHourOfDay()

Get the hour of day field value.

Specified by:

getHourOfDay in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the hour of day

getMinuteOfDay

public int getMinuteOfDay()

Get the minute of day field value.

Specified by:

getMinuteOfDay in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the minute of day

getMinuteOfHour

public int getMinuteOfHour()

Get the minute of hour field value.

Specified by:

getMinuteOfHour in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the minute of hour

getSecondOfDay

public int getSecondOfDay()

Get the second of day field value.

Specified by:

getSecondOfDay in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the second of day

getSecondOfMinute

public int getSecondOfMinute()

Get the second of minute field value.

Specified by:

getSecondOfMinute in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the second of minute

getMillisOfDay

public int getMillisOfDay()

Get the millis of day field value.

Specified by:

getMillisOfDay in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the millis of day

getMillisOfSecond

public int getMillisOfSecond()

Get the millis of second field value.

Specified by:

getMillisOfSecond in interface ReadableDateTime

Returns:

the millis of second

toCalendar

public Calendar toCalendar(Locale locale)

Get the date time as a java.util.Calendar, assigning exactly the same millisecond instant. The locale is passed in, enabling Calendar to select the correct localized subclass.

The JDK and Joda-Time both have time zone implementations and these differ in accuracy. Joda-Time's implementation is generally more up to date and thus more accurate - for example JDK1.3 has no historical data. The effect of this is that the field values of the Calendar may differ from those of this object, even though the milliseond value is the same. Most of the time this just means that the JDK field values are wrong, as our time zone information is more up to date.

Parameters:

locale - the locale to get the Calendar for, or default if null

Returns:

a localized Calendar initialised with this datetime

toGregorianCalendar

public GregorianCalendar toGregorianCalendar()

Get the date time as a java.util.GregorianCalendar, assigning exactly the same millisecond instant.

The JDK and Joda-Time both have time zone implementations and these differ in accuracy. Joda-Time's implementation is generally more up to date and thus more accurate - for example JDK1.3 has no historical data. The effect of this is that the field values of the Calendar may differ from those of this object, even though the milliseond value is the same. Most of the time this just means that the JDK field values are wrong, as our time zone information is more up to date.

Returns:

a GregorianCalendar initialised with this datetime

toString

public String toString(String pattern)

Output the instant using the specified format pattern.

Specified by:

toString in interface ReadableDateTime

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern specification, null means use toString

See Also:

DateTimeFormat

toString

public String toString(String pattern,
                       Locale locale)
                throws IllegalArgumentException

Output the instant using the specified format pattern.

Specified by:

toString in interface ReadableDateTime

Parameters:

pattern - the pattern specification, null means use toString

locale - Locale to use, null means default

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid

See Also:

DateTimeFormat