Java SQL Date nowPlus(int parts, int value)

Description

convienence routine to return current time plus argument amount

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
parts	time unit from java.util.Calendar, should be hours, or days or some unit that makes sense
value	amount of time (in units of parts) to add (negative is OK)

Return

Date representation of time before or after now.

Declaration

public static java.sql.Date nowPlus(int parts, int value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w w w  .j a v  a 2 s.  c o  m*/
 * @(#)TimeUtils.java   0.51 1999/07/14
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2004, Pat Farrell, All rights reserved.
 * based on work Copyright (c) 2000, OneBigCD, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Patrick Farrell   All Rights reserved.
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * It is abstract because all functions are static
 */

import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /** constant for UTC */
    public static final TimeZone utcTZ = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");

    /**
     * convienence routine to return current time plus argument amount
     * @param parts time unit from java.util.Calendar, should be hours, or
     * days or some unit that makes sense
     * @param value amount of time (in units of parts) to add (negative is OK)
     * @return Date representation of time before or after now.
     */
    public static java.sql.Date nowPlus(int parts, int value) {
        Calendar now = GregorianCalendar.getInstance(utcTZ);
        now.add(parts, value);
        java.sql.Date sqlNow = new java.sql.Date(now.getTime().getTime());
        return sqlNow;
    }
}

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