javax.cim
Class CIMDateTimeAbsolute

java.lang.Object
  javax.cim.CIMDateTime
      javax.cim.CIMDateTimeAbsolute

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<CIMDateTime>

public class CIMDateTimeAbsolute
extends CIMDateTime

The CIMDateTimeAbsolute class is modeled on the datetime data type as specified in the CIM specification. It is in the format: yyyyMMddHHmmss.SSSSSSsutc where

• yyyy - is a 4 digit year
• MM - is the month
• dd - is the day of the month
• HH - is the hour (24 hour clock)
• mm - is the minute
• ss - is the second
• SSSSSS - is the number of microseconds
• s - is "+" or "-", indicating the sign of the UTC (Universal Coordinated Time; for all intents and purposes the sane as Greenwich Mean Time)
• utc - is the offset from UTC in minutes (using the sign indicated by s).

For example Monday, May 25, 1998, at 1:30 PM EST would be represented as: 19980525133015.000000-300 Values must be zero-padded so that the entire string is always the same 25-character length. Fields which are not significant must be replaced with asterisk characters.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

CIMDateTimeAbsolute()
Create a CIMDateTimeAbsolute object using the current Time/Date of the system.

CIMDateTimeAbsolute(java.util.Calendar pCalendar)
Create a CIMDateTimeAbsolute object using a Calendar object.

CIMDateTimeAbsolute(java.lang.String pDateTime)
Creates a CIMDateTimeAbsolute object using a string.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(CIMDateTime pDateTime) Compares the CIMDateTimeAbsolute object with this one.
java.lang.String	getDateTimeString() Gets the internal string representation of the date/time object
int	getDay() Returns day value of this date.
int	getHour() Returns hour value of this date.
int	getMicrosecond() Returns microsecond value of this date.
int	getMinute() Returns minute value of this date.
int	getMonth() Returns month value of this date.
int	getSecond() Returns second value of this date.
int	getUTCOffset() Returns UTC offset value of this Date.
int	getYear() Returns year value of this Date.
int	hashCode() Returns the hashcode for this object.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of the CIMDateTimeAbsolute.

Methods inherited from class javax.cim.CIMDateTime

equals

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CIMDateTimeAbsolute

public CIMDateTimeAbsolute()

Create a CIMDateTimeAbsolute object using the current Time/Date of the system.

CIMDateTimeAbsolute

public CIMDateTimeAbsolute(java.util.Calendar pCalendar)
                    throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Create a CIMDateTimeAbsolute object using a Calendar object.

Parameters:

pCalendar - - A Calendar object used to initialize this object.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - - If pCalendar is null.

CIMDateTimeAbsolute

public CIMDateTimeAbsolute(java.lang.String pDateTime)
                    throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Creates a CIMDateTimeAbsolute object using a string.

Parameters:

pDateTime - - A string in the format of yyyyMMddHHmmss.SSSSSSsutc

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - - if string is not in the correct format.

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(CIMDateTime pDateTime)
              throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Compares the CIMDateTimeAbsolute object with this one. If either date has "Not Significant" fields then we can only compare the significant fields.

Parameters:

pDateTime - - The CIMDateTimeAbsolute to be compared with this one.

Returns:

-1, zero, or 1 as this date is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified date.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If the object passed in is not an instance of CIMDataTimeAbsolute.

getDateTimeString

public java.lang.String getDateTimeString()

Gets the internal string representation of the date/time object

Specified by:

getDateTimeString in class CIMDateTime

Returns:

The internal representation of the date/time object.

See Also:

CIMDateTime.getDateTimeString()

getDay

public int getDay()

Returns day value of this date.

Returns:

If day field "not significant" this returns -1, otherwise returns day of this date.

getHour

public int getHour()

Returns hour value of this date.

Returns:

If hour field "not significant" this returns -1, otherwise returns hour of this date.

getMicrosecond

public int getMicrosecond()

Returns microsecond value of this date.

Returns:

If microsecond field "not significant" this returns -1, otherwise returns microseconds of this date.

getMinute

public int getMinute()

Returns minute value of this date.

Returns:

If minute field "not significant" this returns -1, otherwise returns minute of this date.

getMonth

public int getMonth()

Returns month value of this date.

Returns:

If month field "not significant" this returns -1, otherwise returns the month of this date.

getSecond

public int getSecond()

Returns second value of this date.

Returns:

If second field "not significant" this returns -1, otherwise returns second of this date.

getUTCOffset

public int getUTCOffset()

Returns UTC offset value of this Date.

Returns:

UTC offset of this date.

getYear

public int getYear()

Returns year value of this Date.

Returns:

If year field "not significant" this returns -1, otherwise returns the year of this date.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hashcode for this object.

Specified by:

hashCode in class CIMDateTime

Returns:

A hashcode value for this object.

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of the CIMDateTimeAbsolute. This method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the format of the returned string may vary between implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not be null.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

String representation of this datetime.

See Also:

Object.toString()