net.time4j.base

Interface GregorianDate

All Known Implementing Classes:

PlainDate, PlainTimestamp

public interface GregorianDate

Defines a common calendar date which is based on gregorian calendar rules.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getDayOfMonth() Yields the day of month.
int	getMonth() Yields the gregorian month as integer.
int	getYear() Yields the proleptic year according to ISO-8601.
String	toString() Yields a canonical representation in ISO-format "YYYY-MM-DD".

Method Detail

getYear

int getYear()

Yields the proleptic year according to ISO-8601.

The term proleptic means that the gregorian calendar rules are applied backwards even before the introduction of this calendar. Second: The year numbering is just the mathematical one as defined in ISO-8601 such that there is a year zero and even negative years: -2 = BC 3, -1 = BC 2, 0 = BC 1, 1 = AD 1, 2 = AD 2, ...

Returns:

proleptic iso year in range GregorianMath.MIN_YEAR - GregorianMath.MAX_YEAR

getMonth

int getMonth()

Yields the gregorian month as integer.

Returns:

gregorian month in range (1 = January, ..., 12 = December)

getDayOfMonth

int getDayOfMonth()

Yields the day of month.

Returns:

day of month in range 1 <= dayOfMonth <= 31

toString

String toString()

Yields a canonical representation in ISO-format "YYYY-MM-DD".

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

date in ISO-8601-format YYYY-MM-DD