org.joda.time.chrono
Class EthiopicChronology

java.lang.Object
  org.joda.time.Chronology
      org.joda.time.chrono.BaseChronology
          org.joda.time.chrono.AssembledChronology
              org.joda.time.chrono.BasicChronology
                  org.joda.time.chrono.BasicFixedMonthChronology
                      org.joda.time.chrono.EthiopicChronology

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class EthiopicChronology

extends org.joda.time.chrono.BasicFixedMonthChronology

Implements the Ethiopic calendar system, which defines every fourth year as leap, much like the Julian calendar. The year is broken down into 12 months, each 30 days in length. An extra period at the end of the year is either 5 or 6 days in length. In this implementation, it is considered a 13th month.

Year 1 in the Ethiopic calendar began on August 29, 8 CE (Julian), thus Ethiopic years do not begin at the same time as Julian years. This chronology is not proleptic, as it does not allow dates before the first Ethiopic year.

This implementation defines a day as midnight to midnight exactly as per the ISO chronology. Some references indicate that a coptic day starts at sunset on the previous ISO day, but this has not been confirmed and is not implemented.

EthiopicChronology is thread-safe and immutable.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Brian S O'Neill, Stephen Colebourne

See Also:

Wikipedia, Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class org.joda.time.chrono.AssembledChronology

AssembledChronology.Fields

Field Summary

static int

EE Constant value for 'Ethiopean Era', equivalent to the value returned for AD/CE.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj) Checks if this chronology instance equals another.
long	getDateTimeMillis(int year, int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth, int millisOfDay) Returns a datetime millisecond instant, formed from the given year, month, day, and millisecond values.
long	getDateTimeMillis(int year, int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth, int hourOfDay, int minuteOfHour, int secondOfMinute, int millisOfSecond) Returns a datetime millisecond instant, formed from the given year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond values.
static EthiopicChronology	getInstance() Gets an instance of the EthiopicChronology in the default time zone.
static EthiopicChronology	getInstance(DateTimeZone zone) Gets an instance of the EthiopicChronology in the given time zone.
static EthiopicChronology	getInstance(DateTimeZone zone, int minDaysInFirstWeek) Gets an instance of the EthiopicChronology in the given time zone.
static EthiopicChronology	getInstanceUTC() Gets an instance of the EthiopicChronology.
int	getMinimumDaysInFirstWeek()
DateTimeZone	getZone() Returns the DateTimeZone that this Chronology operates in, or null if unspecified.
int	hashCode() A suitable hash code for the chronology.
String	toString() Gets a debugging toString.
Chronology	withUTC() Gets the Chronology in the UTC time zone.
Chronology	withZone(DateTimeZone zone) Gets the Chronology in a specific time zone.

Methods inherited from class org.joda.time.chrono.AssembledChronology

centuries, centuryOfEra, clockhourOfDay, clockhourOfHalfday, dayOfMonth, dayOfWeek, dayOfYear, days, era, eras, getDateTimeMillis, halfdayOfDay, halfdays, hourOfDay, hourOfHalfday, hours, millis, millisOfDay, millisOfSecond, minuteOfDay, minuteOfHour, minutes, monthOfYear, months, secondOfDay, secondOfMinute, seconds, weekOfWeekyear, weeks, weekyear, weekyearOfCentury, weekyears, year, yearOfCentury, yearOfEra, years

Methods inherited from class org.joda.time.chrono.BaseChronology

add, add, get, get, get, set, validate

Methods inherited from class org.joda.time.Chronology

getBuddhist, getBuddhist, getBuddhistUTC, getCoptic, getCoptic, getCopticUTC, getGJ, getGJ, getGJUTC, getGregorian, getGregorian, getGregorianUTC, getISO, getISO, getISOUTC, getJulian, getJulian, getJulianUTC

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EE

public static final int EE

Constant value for 'Ethiopean Era', equivalent to the value returned for AD/CE.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getInstanceUTC

public static EthiopicChronology getInstanceUTC()

Gets an instance of the EthiopicChronology. The time zone of the returned instance is UTC.

Returns:

a singleton UTC instance of the chronology

getInstance

public static EthiopicChronology getInstance()

Gets an instance of the EthiopicChronology in the default time zone.

Returns:

a chronology in the default time zone

getInstance

public static EthiopicChronology getInstance(DateTimeZone zone)

Gets an instance of the EthiopicChronology in the given time zone.

Parameters:

zone - the time zone to get the chronology in, null is default

Returns:

a chronology in the specified time zone

getInstance

public static EthiopicChronology getInstance(DateTimeZone zone,
                                             int minDaysInFirstWeek)

Gets an instance of the EthiopicChronology in the given time zone.

Parameters:

zone - the time zone to get the chronology in, null is default

minDaysInFirstWeek - minimum number of days in first week of the year; default is 4

Returns:

a chronology in the specified time zone

withUTC

public Chronology withUTC()

Gets the Chronology in the UTC time zone.

Specified by:

withUTC in class BaseChronology

Returns:

the chronology in UTC

withZone

public Chronology withZone(DateTimeZone zone)

Gets the Chronology in a specific time zone.

Specified by:

withZone in class BaseChronology

Parameters:

zone - the zone to get the chronology in, null is default

Returns:

the chronology

See Also:

ZonedChronology

getZone

public DateTimeZone getZone()

Description copied from class: BaseChronology

Returns the DateTimeZone that this Chronology operates in, or null if unspecified.

Overrides:

getZone in class AssembledChronology

getDateTimeMillis

public long getDateTimeMillis(int year,
                              int monthOfYear,
                              int dayOfMonth,
                              int millisOfDay)
                       throws IllegalArgumentException

Description copied from class: BaseChronology

Returns a datetime millisecond instant, formed from the given year, month, day, and millisecond values. The set of given values must refer to a valid datetime, or else an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

The default implementation calls upon separate DateTimeFields to determine the result. Subclasses are encouraged to provide a more efficient implementation.

Overrides:

getDateTimeMillis in class AssembledChronology

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

getDateTimeMillis

public long getDateTimeMillis(int year,
                              int monthOfYear,
                              int dayOfMonth,
                              int hourOfDay,
                              int minuteOfHour,
                              int secondOfMinute,
                              int millisOfSecond)
                       throws IllegalArgumentException

Description copied from class: BaseChronology

Returns a datetime millisecond instant, formed from the given year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond values. The set of given values must refer to a valid datetime, or else an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

The default implementation calls upon separate DateTimeFields to determine the result. Subclasses are encouraged to provide a more efficient implementation.

Overrides:

getDateTimeMillis in class AssembledChronology

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

getMinimumDaysInFirstWeek

public int getMinimumDaysInFirstWeek()

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Checks if this chronology instance equals another.

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare to

Returns:

true if equal

Since:

1.6

hashCode

public int hashCode()

A suitable hash code for the chronology.

Returns:

the hash code

Since:

1.6

toString

public String toString()

Gets a debugging toString.

Specified by:

toString in class BaseChronology

Returns:

a debugging string