Package groovy.time

Class TimeCategory

java.lang.Object
groovy.time.TimeCategory
public class TimeCategory
extends Object
Apply a number of methods to allow convenient Date/Time manipulation,such as: 
 use (groovy.time.TimeCategory) {
     // application on numbers:
     println 1.minute.from.now
     println 10.hours.ago

     // application on dates
     def someDate = new Date()
     println someDate - 3.months
 }
See Also:
BaseDuration

  • Constructor Details

    • TimeCategory

      public TimeCategory()

  • Method Details

    • plus

      public static Date plus​(Date date, BaseDuration duration)

    • minus

      public static Date minus​(Date date, BaseDuration duration)

    • getTimeZone

      @Deprecated public static TimeZone getTimeZone​(Date self)
      Deprecated.
      Retrieves the default TimeZone for a date by using the default Locale settings. Recommended that you use TimeZone.getDefault() instead.
      Parameters:
      self - a Date
      Returns:
      the TimeZone

    • getDaylightSavingsOffset

      public static Duration getDaylightSavingsOffset​(Date self)
      Get the DST offset (if any) for the default locale and the given date.
      Parameters:
      self - a Date
      Returns:
      the DST offset as a Duration.

    • getDaylightSavingsOffset

      public static Duration getDaylightSavingsOffset​(BaseDuration self)

    • getRelativeDaylightSavingsOffset

      public static Duration getRelativeDaylightSavingsOffset​(Date self, Date other)
      Return a Duration representing the DST difference (if any) between two dates. i.e. if one date is before the DST changeover, and the other date is after, the resulting duration will represent the DST offset.
      Parameters:
      self - a Date
      other - another Date
      Returns:
      a Duration

    • minus

      public static TimeDuration minus​(Date lhs, Date rhs)
      Subtract one date from the other.
      Parameters:
      lhs - a Date
      rhs - another Date
      Returns:
      a Duration

    • getMonths

      public static DatumDependentDuration getMonths​(Integer self)

    • getMonth

      public static DatumDependentDuration getMonth​(Integer self)

    • getYears

      public static DatumDependentDuration getYears​(Integer self)

    • getYear

      public static DatumDependentDuration getYear​(Integer self)

    • getWeeks

      public static Duration getWeeks​(Integer self)

    • getWeek

      public static Duration getWeek​(Integer self)

    • getDays

      public static Duration getDays​(Integer self)

    • getDay

      public static Duration getDay​(Integer self)

    • getHours

      public static TimeDuration getHours​(Integer self)

    • getHour

      public static TimeDuration getHour​(Integer self)

    • getMinutes

      public static TimeDuration getMinutes​(Integer self)

    • getMinute

      public static TimeDuration getMinute​(Integer self)

    • getSeconds

      public static TimeDuration getSeconds​(Integer self)

    • getSecond

      public static TimeDuration getSecond​(Integer self)

    • getMilliseconds

      public static TimeDuration getMilliseconds​(Integer self)

    • getMillisecond

      public static TimeDuration getMillisecond​(Integer self)