Java java.util Date fields, constructors, methods, implement or subclass

Introduction

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Subclass

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Constructor

	Date(long date) Allocates a Date object and initializes it to represent the specified number of milliseconds since the standard base time known as "the epoch", namely January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.
	Date(String s) Allocates a Date object and initializes it so that it represents the date and time indicated by the string s , which is interpreted as if by the Date#parse method.
	Date() Allocates a Date object and initializes it so that it represents the time at which it was allocated, measured to the nearest millisecond.
	Date(int year, int month, int date) Allocates a Date object and initializes it so that it represents midnight, local time, at the beginning of the day specified by the year , month , and date arguments.

Method

boolean	after(Date when) Tests if this date is after the specified date.
boolean	before(Date when) Tests if this date is before the specified date.
Object	clone() Return a copy of this object.
int	compareTo(Date anotherDate) Compares two Dates for ordering.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares two dates for equality.
Date	from(Instant instant) Obtains an instance of Date from an Instant object.
Class	getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object .
int	getDate() Returns the day of the month represented by this Date object.
int	getDay() Returns the day of the week represented by this date.
int	getHours() Returns the hour represented by this Date object.
int	getMinutes() Returns the number of minutes past the hour represented by this date, as interpreted in the local time zone.
int	getMonth() Returns a number representing the month that contains or begins with the instant in time represented by this Date object.
int	getSeconds() Returns the number of seconds past the minute represented by this date.
long	getTime() Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this Date object.
int	getTimezoneOffset() Returns the offset, measured in minutes, for the local time zone relative to UTC that is appropriate for the time represented by this Date object.
int	getYear() Returns a value that is the result of subtracting 1900 from the year that contains or begins with the instant in time represented by this Date object, as interpreted in the local time zone.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for this object.
long	parse(String s) Attempts to interpret the string s as a representation of a date and time.
void	setDate(int date) Sets the day of the month of this Date object to the specified value.
void	setHours(int hours) Sets the hour of this Date object to the specified value.
void	setMinutes(int minutes) Sets the minutes of this Date object to the specified value.
void	setMonth(int month) Sets the month of this date to the specified value.
void	setSeconds(int seconds) Sets the seconds of this Date to the specified value.
void	setTime(long time) Sets this Date object to represent a point in time that is time milliseconds after January 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT.
void	setYear(int year) Sets the year of this Date object to be the specified value plus 1900.
String	toGMTString() Creates a string representation of this Date object of the form: d mon yyyy hh:mm:ss GMT where: d is the day of the month ( 1 through 31 ), as one or two decimal digits.
Instant	toInstant() Converts this Date object to an Instant .
String	toLocaleString() Creates a string representation of this Date object in an implementation-dependent form.
String	toString() Converts this Date object to a String of the form: dow mon dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy where: dow is the day of the week ( Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat ).
long	UTC(int year, int month, int date, int hrs, int min, int sec) Determines the date and time based on the arguments.