Calendar (java-runtime 7.0.196 API)

java.lang.Object
- java.util.Calendar

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public abstract class Calendar
extends Object
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Calendar is an abstract base class for converting between a Date object and a set of integer fields such as YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, and so on. (A Date object represents a specific instant in time with millisecond precision. See Date for information about the Date class.) Subclasses of Calendar interpret a Date according to the rules of a specific calendar system. Like other locale-sensitive classes, Calendar provides a class method, getInstance, for getting a generally useful object of this type. A Calendar object can produce all the time field values needed to implement the date-time formatting for a particular language and calendar style (for example, Japanese-Gregorian, Japanese-Traditional). When computing a Date from time fields, there may be insufficient information to compute the Date (such as only year and month but no day in the month). Insufficient information. The calendar will use default information to specify the missing fields. This may vary by calendar; for the Gregorian calendar, the default for a field is the same as that of the start of the epoch: i.e., YEAR = 1970, MONTH = JANUARY, DATE = 1, etc. Note: The ambiguity in interpretation of what day midnight belongs to, is resolved as so: midnight "belongs" to the following day. 23:59 on Dec 31, 1969 00:00 on Jan 1, 1970. 12:00 PM is midday, and 12:00 AM is midnight. 11:59 PM on Jan 1 12:00 AM on Jan 2 12:01 AM on Jan 2. 11:59 AM on Mar 10 12:00 PM on Mar 10 12:01 PM on Mar 10. 24:00 or greater are invalid. Hours greater than 12 are invalid in AM/PM mode. Setting the time will never change the date. If equivalent times are entered in AM/PM or 24 hour mode, equality will be determined by the actual time rather than the entered time. This class has been subset for J2ME based on the JDK 1.3 Calendar class. Many methods and variables have been pruned, and other methods simplified, in an effort to reduce the size of this class. Version: CLDC 1.1 02/01/2002 (based on JDK 1.3) See Also:Date, TimeZone

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static int`	`AM` Value of the AM_PM field indicating the period of the day from midnight to just before noon.
`static int`	`AM_PM` Field number for get and set indicating whether the HOUR is before or after noon.
`static int`	`APRIL` Value of the MONTH field indicating the fourth month of the year.
`static int`	`AUGUST` Value of the MONTH field indicating the eighth month of the year.
`static int`	`DATE` Field number for get and set indicating the day of the month.
`static int`	`DAY_OF_MONTH` Field number for get and set indicating the day of the month.
`static int`	`DAY_OF_WEEK` Field number for get and set indicating the day of the week.
`static int`	`DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH` Field number for `get` and `set` indicating the ordinal number of the day of the week within the current month.
`static int`	`DECEMBER` Value of the MONTH field indicating the twelfth month of the year.
`static int`	`FEBRUARY` Value of the MONTH field indicating the second month of the year.
`protected int[]`	`fields` The field values for the currently set time for this calendar.
`static int`	`FRIDAY` Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Friday.
`static int`	`HOUR` Field number for get and set indicating the hour of the morning or afternoon.
`static int`	`HOUR_OF_DAY` Field number for get and set indicating the hour of the day.
`protected boolean[]`	`isSet` The flags which tell if a specified time field for the calendar is set.
`static int`	`JANUARY` Value of the MONTH field indicating the first month of the year.
`static int`	`JULY` Value of the MONTH field indicating the seventh month of the year.
`static int`	`JUNE` Value of the MONTH field indicating the sixth month of the year.
`static int`	`MARCH` Value of the MONTH field indicating the third month of the year.
`static int`	`MAY` Value of the MONTH field indicating the fifth month of the year.
`static int`	`MILLISECOND` Field number for get and set indicating the millisecond within the second.
`static int`	`MINUTE` Field number for get and set indicating the minute within the hour.
`static int`	`MONDAY` Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Monday.
`static int`	`MONTH` Field number for get and set indicating the month.
`static int`	`NOVEMBER` Value of the MONTH field indicating the eleventh month of the year.
`static int`	`OCTOBER` Value of the MONTH field indicating the tenth month of the year.
`static int`	`PM` Value of the AM_PM field indicating the period of the day from noon to just before midnight.
`static int`	`SATURDAY` Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Saturday.
`static int`	`SECOND` Field number for get and set indicating the second within the minute.
`static int`	`SEPTEMBER` Value of the MONTH field indicating the ninth month of the year.
`static int`	`SUNDAY` Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Sunday.
`static int`	`THURSDAY` Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Thursday.
`protected long`	`time` The currently set time for this calendar, expressed in milliseconds after January 1, 1970, 0:00:00 GMT.
`static int`	`TUESDAY` Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Tuesday.
`static int`	`WEDNESDAY` Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Wednesday.
`static int`	`WEEK_OF_MONTH` Field number for `get` and `set` indicating the week number within the current month.
`static int`	`WEEK_OF_YEAR` Field number for `get` and `set` indicating the week number within the current year.
`static int`	`YEAR` Field number for get and set indicating the year.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor and Description

protected Calendar()
Constructs a Calendar with the default time zone.

Constructors
Modifier	Constructor and Description
`protected`	`Calendar()` Constructs a Calendar with the default time zone.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`add(int field, int value)` Adds the specified amount to a `Calendar` field.
`boolean`	`after(Object when)` Compares the time field records.
`boolean`	`before(Object when)` Compares the time field records.
`protected abstract void`	`computeFields()` Converts the current millisecond time value time to field values in fields[].
`protected abstract void`	`computeTime()` Converts the current field values in fields[] to the millisecond time value time.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Compares this calendar to the specified object.
`int`	`get(int field)` Gets the value for a given time field.
`static Calendar`	`getInstance()` Gets a calendar using the default time zone.
`static Calendar`	`getInstance(TimeZone zone)` Gets a calendar using the specified time zone.
`Date`	`getTime()` Gets this Calendar's current time.
`protected long`	`getTimeInMillis()` Gets this Calendar's current time as a long expressed in milliseconds after January 1, 1970, 0:00:00 GMT (the epoch).
`TimeZone`	`getTimeZone()` Gets the time zone.
`void`	`set(int field, int value)` Sets the time field with the given value.
`void`	`setTime(Date date)` Sets this Calendar's current time with the given Date.
`protected void`	`setTimeInMillis(long millis)` Sets this Calendar's current time from the given long value.
`void`	`setTimeZone(TimeZone value)` Sets the time zone with the given time zone value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - AM
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public static final int AM
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    Value of the AM_PM field indicating the period of the day from midnight to just before noon. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - AM_PM
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public static final int AM_PM
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    Field number for get and set indicating whether the HOUR is before or after noon. E.g., at 10:04:15.250 PM the AM_PM is PM. See Also:AM, PM, HOUR, Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - APRIL
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public static final int APRIL
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the fourth month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - AUGUST
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public static final int AUGUST
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the eighth month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - WEEK_OF_YEAR
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public static final int WEEK_OF_YEAR
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    Field number for get and set indicating the week number within the current year. The first week of the year, as defined by getFirstDayOfWeek() and getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek(), has value 1. Subclasses define the value of WEEK_OF_YEAR for days before the first week of the year.
    
    See Also:
    
    #getFirstDayOfWeek, #getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek, Constant Field Values
  - WEEK_OF_MONTH
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public static final int WEEK_OF_MONTH
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    Field number for get and set indicating the week number within the current month. The first week of the month, as defined by getFirstDayOfWeek() and getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek(), has value 1. Subclasses define the value of WEEK_OF_MONTH for days before the first week of the month.
    
    See Also:
    
    #getFirstDayOfWeek, #getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek, Constant Field Values
  - DATE
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public static final int DATE
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    Field number for get and set indicating the day of the month. This is a synonym for DAY_OF_MONTH. See Also:DAY_OF_MONTH, Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - DAY_OF_MONTH
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public static final int DAY_OF_MONTH
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    Field number for get and set indicating the day of the month. This is a synonym for DATE. See Also:DATE, Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - DAY_OF_WEEK
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public static final int DAY_OF_WEEK
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    Field number for get and set indicating the day of the week. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH
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public static final int DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH
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    Field number for get and set indicating the ordinal number of the day of the week within the current month. Together with the DAY_OF_WEEK field, this uniquely specifies a day within a month. Unlike WEEK_OF_MONTH and WEEK_OF_YEAR, this field's value does not depend on getFirstDayOfWeek() or getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek(). DAY_OF_MONTH 1 through 7 always correspond to DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH 1; 8 through 15 correspond to DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH 2, and so on. DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH 0 indicates the week before DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH 1. Negative values count back from the end of the month, so the last Sunday of a month is specified as DAY_OF_WEEK = SUNDAY, DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH = -1. Because negative values count backward they will usually be aligned differently within the month than positive values. For example, if a month has 31 days, DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH -1 will overlap DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH 5 and the end of 4.
    
    See Also:
    
    DAY_OF_WEEK, WEEK_OF_MONTH, Constant Field Values
  - DECEMBER
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public static final int DECEMBER
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the twelfth month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - FEBRUARY
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public static final int FEBRUARY
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the second month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - fields
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protected int[] fields
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    The field values for the currently set time for this calendar.
  - FRIDAY
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public static final int FRIDAY
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    Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Friday. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - HOUR
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public static final int HOUR
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    Field number for get and set indicating the hour of the morning or afternoon. HOUR is used for the 12-hour clock. E.g., at 10:04:15.250 PM the HOUR is 10. See Also:AM_PM, HOUR_OF_DAY, Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - HOUR_OF_DAY
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public static final int HOUR_OF_DAY
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    Field number for get and set indicating the hour of the day. HOUR_OF_DAY is used for the 24-hour clock. E.g., at 10:04:15.250 PM the HOUR_OF_DAY is 22. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - isSet
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protected boolean[] isSet
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    The flags which tell if a specified time field for the calendar is set. This is an array of FIELD_COUNT booleans,
  - JANUARY
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public static final int JANUARY
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the first month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - JULY
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public static final int JULY
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the seventh month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - JUNE
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public static final int JUNE
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the sixth month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MARCH
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public static final int MARCH
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the third month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MAY
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public static final int MAY
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the fifth month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MILLISECOND
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public static final int MILLISECOND
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    Field number for get and set indicating the millisecond within the second. E.g., at 10:04:15.250 PM the MILLISECOND is 250. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MINUTE
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public static final int MINUTE
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    Field number for get and set indicating the minute within the hour. E.g., at 10:04:15.250 PM the MINUTE is 4. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MONDAY
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public static final int MONDAY
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    Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Monday. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MONTH
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public static final int MONTH
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    Field number for get and set indicating the month. This is a calendar-specific value. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - NOVEMBER
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public static final int NOVEMBER
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the eleventh month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - OCTOBER
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public static final int OCTOBER
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    Value of the MONTH field indicating the tenth month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - PM
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public static final int PM
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    Value of the AM_PM field indicating the period of the day from noon to just before midnight. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SATURDAY
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public static final int SATURDAY
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    Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Saturday. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SECOND
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public static final int SECOND
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    Field number for get and set indicating the second within the minute. E.g., at 10:04:15.250 PM the SECOND is 15. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SEPTEMBER
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public static final int SEPTEMBER
```
    Value of the MONTH field indicating the ninth month of the year. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SUNDAY
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public static final int SUNDAY
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    Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Sunday. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - THURSDAY
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public static final int THURSDAY
```
    Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Thursday. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - time
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protected long time
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    The currently set time for this calendar, expressed in milliseconds after January 1, 1970, 0:00:00 GMT.
  - TUESDAY
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public static final int TUESDAY
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    Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Tuesday. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - WEDNESDAY
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public static final int WEDNESDAY
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    Value of the DAY_OF_WEEK field indicating Wednesday. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - YEAR
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public static final int YEAR
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    Field number for get and set indicating the year. This is a calendar-specific value. See Also:Constant Field Values
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - Calendar
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protected Calendar()
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    Constructs a Calendar with the default time zone. See Also:TimeZone.getDefault()
- Method Detail
  - after
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public boolean after(Object when)
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    Compares the time field records. Equivalent to comparing result of conversion to UTC.
  - before
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public boolean before(Object when)
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    Compares the time field records. Equivalent to comparing result of conversion to UTC.
  - computeFields
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protected abstract void computeFields()
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    Converts the current millisecond time value time to field values in fields[]. This allows you to sync up the time field values with a new time that is set for the calendar.
  - computeTime
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protected abstract void computeTime()
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    Converts the current field values in fields[] to the millisecond time value time.
  - equals
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public boolean equals(Object obj)
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    Compares this calendar to the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a Calendar object that represents the same calendar as this object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - get
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public final int get(int field)
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    Gets the value for a given time field.
  - getInstance
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public static Calendar getInstance()
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    Gets a calendar using the default time zone.
  - getInstance
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public static Calendar getInstance(TimeZone zone)
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    Gets a calendar using the specified time zone.
  - getTime
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public final Date getTime()
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    Gets this Calendar's current time.
  - getTimeInMillis
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protected long getTimeInMillis()
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    Gets this Calendar's current time as a long expressed in milliseconds after January 1, 1970, 0:00:00 GMT (the epoch).
  - getTimeZone
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public TimeZone getTimeZone()
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    Gets the time zone.
  - set
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public final void set(int field,
                      int value)
```
    Sets the time field with the given value.
  - add
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public final void add(int field,
                      int value)
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    Adds the specified amount to a Calendar field.
    
    Parameters:
    
    field - the Calendar field to modify.
    
    value - the amount to add to the field.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if field is DST_OFFSET or ZONE_OFFSET.
  - setTime
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public final void setTime(Date date)
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    Sets this Calendar's current time with the given Date. Note: Calling setTime() with Date(Long.MAX_VALUE) or Date(Long.MIN_VALUE) may yield incorrect field values from get().
  - setTimeInMillis
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protected void setTimeInMillis(long millis)
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    Sets this Calendar's current time from the given long value.
  - setTimeZone
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public void setTimeZone(TimeZone value)
```
    Sets the time zone with the given time zone value.

Class Calendar

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

AM

AM_PM

APRIL

AUGUST

WEEK_OF_YEAR

WEEK_OF_MONTH

DATE

DAY_OF_MONTH

DAY_OF_WEEK

DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH

DECEMBER

FEBRUARY

fields

FRIDAY

HOUR

HOUR_OF_DAY

isSet

JANUARY

JULY

JUNE

MARCH

MAY

MILLISECOND

MINUTE

MONDAY

MONTH

NOVEMBER

OCTOBER

PM

SATURDAY

SECOND

SEPTEMBER

SUNDAY

THURSDAY

time

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

YEAR

Constructor Detail

Calendar

Method Detail

after

before

computeFields

computeTime

equals

get

getInstance

getInstance

getTime

getTimeInMillis

getTimeZone

set

add

setTime

setTimeInMillis

setTimeZone