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Interface XMPDateTime

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMPDateTimeImpl

public interface XMPDateTime
extends Comparable

The XMPDateTime-class represents a point in time up to a resolution of nano seconds. Dates and time in the serialized XMP are ISO 8601 strings. There are utility functions to convert to the ISO format, a Calendar or get the Timezone. The fields of XMPDateTime are:

• month - The month in the range 1..12.
• day - The day of the month in the range 1..31.
• minute - The minute in the range 0..59.
• hour - The time zone hour in the range 0..23.
• minute - The time zone minute in the range 0..59.
• nanoSecond - The nano seconds within a second. Note: if the XMPDateTime is converted into a calendar, the resolution is reduced to milli seconds.
• timeZone - a TimeZone-object.

DateTime values are occasionally used in cases with only a date or only a time component. A date without a time has zeros for all the time fields. A time without a date has zeros for all date fields (year, month, and day).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Calendar	getCalendar()
int	getDay()
int	getHour()
String	getISO8601String()
int	getMinute()
int	getMonth()
int	getNanoSecond()
int	getSecond()
TimeZone	getTimeZone()
int	getYear()
boolean	hasDate() This flag is set either by parsing or by setting year, month or day.
boolean	hasTime() This flag is set either by parsing or by setting hours, minutes, seconds or milliseconds.
boolean	hasTimeZone() This flag is set either by parsing or by setting hours, minutes, seconds or milliseconds.
void	setDay(int day)
void	setHour(int hour)
void	setMinute(int minute)
void	setMonth(int month)
void	setNanoSecond(int nanoSecond)
void	setSecond(int second)
void	setTimeZone(TimeZone tz)
void	setYear(int year)

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getYear

int getYear()

Returns:

Returns the year, can be negative.

setYear

void setYear(int year)

Parameters:

year - Sets the year

getMonth

int getMonth()

Returns:

Returns The month in the range 1..12.

setMonth

void setMonth(int month)

Parameters:

month - Sets the month 1..12

getDay

int getDay()

Returns:

Returns the day of the month in the range 1..31.

setDay

void setDay(int day)

Parameters:

day - Sets the day 1..31

getHour

int getHour()

Returns:

Returns hour - The hour in the range 0..23.

setHour

void setHour(int hour)

Parameters:

hour - Sets the hour in the range 0..23.

getMinute

int getMinute()

Returns:

Returns the minute in the range 0..59.

setMinute

void setMinute(int minute)

Parameters:

minute - Sets the minute in the range 0..59.

getSecond

int getSecond()

Returns:

Returns the second in the range 0..59.

setSecond

void setSecond(int second)

Parameters:

second - Sets the second in the range 0..59.

getNanoSecond

int getNanoSecond()

Returns:

Returns milli-, micro- and nano seconds. Nanoseconds within a second, often left as zero?

setNanoSecond

void setNanoSecond(int nanoSecond)

Parameters:

nanoSecond - Sets the milli-, micro- and nano seconds. Granularity goes down to milli seconds.

getTimeZone

TimeZone getTimeZone()

Returns:

Returns the time zone.

setTimeZone

void setTimeZone(TimeZone tz)

Parameters:

tz - a time zone to set

hasDate

boolean hasDate()

This flag is set either by parsing or by setting year, month or day.

Returns:

Returns true if the XMPDateTime object has a date portion.

hasTime

boolean hasTime()

This flag is set either by parsing or by setting hours, minutes, seconds or milliseconds.

Returns:

Returns true if the XMPDateTime object has a time portion.

hasTimeZone

boolean hasTimeZone()

This flag is set either by parsing or by setting hours, minutes, seconds or milliseconds.

Returns:

Returns true if the XMPDateTime object has a defined timezone.

getCalendar

Calendar getCalendar()

Returns:

Returns a Calendar (only with milli second precision).
Note: the dates before Oct 15th 1585 (which normally fall into validity of the Julian calendar) are also rendered internally as Gregorian dates.

getISO8601String

String getISO8601String()

Returns:

Returns the ISO 8601 string representation of the date and time.