PdfDate (openpdf 1.4.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
- - com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfString
  - - com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDate

```
public class PdfDate
extends PdfString
```
PdfDate is the PDF date object.
PDF defines a standard date format. The PDF date format closely follows the format defined by the international standard ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One, defined in CCITT X.208 or ISO/IEC 8824). A date is a PdfString of the form:
(D:YYYYMMDDHHmmSSOHH'mm')
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.3' section 7.2 (page 183-184)

See Also:

PdfString, GregorianCalendar

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfString
  encoding, hexWriting, objGen, objNum, originalValue, value
- Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
  ARRAY, BOOLEAN, bytes, DICTIONARY, INDIRECT, indRef, NAME, NOTHING, NULL, NUMBER, STREAM, STRING, TEXT_PDFDOCENCODING, TEXT_UNICODE, type

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`PdfDate()`	Constructs a `PdfDate`-object, representing the current day and time.
`PdfDate(String d)`	Constructs a `PdfDate`-object.
`PdfDate(Calendar d)`	Constructs a `PdfDate`-object.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Calendar`	`decode(String s)`	Converts a PDF string representing a date into a Calendar.
`String`	`getW3CDate()`	Gives the W3C format of the PdfDate.
`static String`	`getW3CDate(String d)`	Gives the W3C format of the PdfDate.

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfString
getBytes, getEncoding, getOriginalBytes, getOriginalChars, isHexWriting, setHexWriting, toPdf, toString, toUnicodeString

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
canBeInObjStm, getIndRef, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isIndirect, isName, isNull, isNumber, isStream, isString, length, setContent, setIndRef, type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - PdfDate
```
public PdfDate(Calendar d)
```
    Constructs a PdfDate-object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    d - the date that has to be turned into a PdfDate-object
  - PdfDate
```
public PdfDate(String d)
```
    Constructs a PdfDate-object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    d - the date in the PDF ASN.1 date format ((D:YYYYMMDDHHmmSSOHH'mm')
  - PdfDate
```
public PdfDate()
```
    Constructs a PdfDate-object, representing the current day and time.
- Method Detail
  - getW3CDate
```
public static String getW3CDate(String d)
```
    Gives the W3C format of the PdfDate.
    
    Parameters:
    
    d - the date in the format D:YYYYMMDDHHmmSSOHH'mm'
    
    Returns:
    
    a formatted date
  - decode
```
public static Calendar decode(String s)
```
    Converts a PDF string representing a date into a Calendar.
    
    Parameters:
    
    s - the PDF string representing a date
    
    Returns:
    
    a Calendar representing the date or null if the string was not a date
  - getW3CDate
```
public String getW3CDate()
```
    Gives the W3C format of the PdfDate.
    
    Returns:
    
    a formatted date