Java Hour Add addHours(long date, int hours)

Description

Adds the specified amount of hours to a date

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the actual date (UTC)
hours	the amount of hours to add

Return

a new date

Declaration

public static long addHours(long date, int hours) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    public static final TimeZone UTC = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");

    /**
     * Adds the specified amount of hours to a date
     *
     * @param date the actual date (UTC)
     * @param hours the amount of hours to add
     * @return a new date
     */
    public static long addHours(long date, int hours) {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(UTC);
        calendar.setTimeInMillis(date);
        calendar.add(Calendar.HOUR, hours);

        return calendar.getTimeInMillis();
    }

    /**
     * Adds the specified amount of hours to a date
     *
     * @param date the actual date (UTC)
     * @param hours the amount of hours to add
     * @return a new date
     */
    public static Date addHours(Date date, int hours) {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(UTC);
        calendar.setTime(date);
        calendar.add(Calendar.HOUR, hours);

        return calendar.getTime();
    }
}

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