Java Date Create createDate(int year, int month, int day)

Description

Creates a Date object with the specfied value and the time fields set to zero.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
year	the year
month	zero-based month number
day	one-based day number

Return

a java.util.Date object

Declaration

static Date createDate(int year, int month, int day) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w  w  w  .j a va 2s  . c o  m
 * Copyright 2009-2010 Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), Netherlands.
 *
 * This file is part of DANS DBF Library.
 *
 * DANS DBF Library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
 * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * DANS DBF Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with DANS DBF Library. If
 * not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    static final int NR_OF_DIGITS_IN_YEAR = 4;

    /**
     * Creates a Date object with the specfied value and the time fields set to zero. Note that
     * month is zero-based. The <tt>java.util.Calendar</tt> class has constants for all the months.
     *
     * @param year the year
     * @param month zero-based month number
     * @param day one-based day number
     *
     * @return a <tt>java.util.Date</tt> object
     */
    static Date createDate(int year, int month, int day) {
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

        if (Integer.toString(year).length() > NR_OF_DIGITS_IN_YEAR) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Year more than" + NR_OF_DIGITS_IN_YEAR + " digits long");
        }

        cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
        cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, month);
        cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, day);
        cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);

        return cal.getTime();
    }
}

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