Class Date

java.lang.Object

java.util.Date

java.sql.Date

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<Date>

public class Date extends Date

A thin wrapper around a millisecond value that allows JDBC to identify this as an SQL DATE value. A milliseconds value represents the number of milliseconds that have passed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00.000 GMT.

To conform with the definition of SQL DATE, the millisecond values wrapped by a java.sql.Date instance must be 'normalized' by setting the hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds to zero in the particular time zone with which the instance is associated.

Since:

1.1

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`Date(int year, int month, int day)`	Deprecated. instead use the constructor `Date(long date)`
`Date(long date)`	Constructs a `Date` object using the given milliseconds time value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getHours()`	Deprecated.
`int`	`getMinutes()`	Deprecated.
`int`	`getSeconds()`	Deprecated.
`void`	`setHours(int i)`	Deprecated.
`void`	`setMinutes(int i)`	Deprecated.
`void`	`setSeconds(int i)`	Deprecated.
`void`	`setTime(long date)`	Sets an existing `Date` object using the given milliseconds time value.
`Instant`	`toInstant()`	This method always throws an UnsupportedOperationException and should not be used because SQL `Date` values do not have a time component.
`LocalDate`	`toLocalDate()`	Creates a `LocalDate` instance using the year, month and day from this `Date` object.
`String`	`toString()`	Formats a date in the date escape format yyyy-mm-dd.
`static Date`	`valueOf(String s)`	Converts a string in JDBC date escape format to a `Date` value.
`static Date`	`valueOf(LocalDate date)`	Obtains an instance of `Date` from a `LocalDate` object with the same year, month and day of month value as the given `LocalDate`.

Methods declared in class Date

after, before, clone, compareTo, equals, from, getDate, getDay, getMonth, getTime, getTimezoneOffset, getYear, hashCode, parse, setDate, setMonth, setYear, toGMTString, toLocaleString, UTC

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`after(Date when)`	Tests if this date is after the specified date.
`boolean`	`before(Date when)`	Tests if this date is before the specified date.
`Object`	`clone()`	Return a copy of this object.
`int`	`compareTo(Date anotherDate)`	Compares two Dates for ordering.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Compares two dates for equality.
`static Date`	`from(Instant instant)`	Obtains an instance of `Date` from an `Instant` object.
`int`	`getDate()`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `Calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)`.
`int`	`getDay()`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `Calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)`.
`int`	`getMonth()`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `Calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH)`.
`long`	`getTime()`	Returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this `Date` object.
`int`	`getTimezoneOffset()`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `-(Calendar.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET) + Calendar.get(Calendar.DST_OFFSET)) / (60 * 1000)`.
`int`	`getYear()`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `Calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR) - 1900`.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code value for this object.
`static long`	`parse(String s)`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `DateFormat.parse(String s)`.
`void`	`setDate(int date)`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `Calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, int date)`.
`void`	`setMonth(int month)`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `Calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, int month)`.
`void`	`setYear(int year)`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `Calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, year + 1900)`.
`String`	`toGMTString()`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `DateFormat.format(Date date)`, using a GMT `TimeZone`.
`String`	`toLocaleString()`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `DateFormat.format(Date date)`.
`static long`	`UTC(int year, int month, int date, int hrs, int min, int sec)`	Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by `Calendar.set(year + 1900, month, date, hrs, min, sec)` or `GregorianCalendar(year + 1900, month, date, hrs, min, sec)`, using a UTC `TimeZone`, followed by `Calendar.getTime().getTime()`.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Constructor Details

Date

@Deprecated(since="1.2") public Date(int year, int month, int day)

Deprecated.

instead use the constructor Date(long date)

Constructs a Date object initialized with the given year, month, and day.

The result is undefined if a given argument is out of bounds.

Parameters:: year - the year minus 1900; must be 0 to 8099. (Note that 8099 is 9999 minus 1900.); month - 0 to 11; day - 1 to 31

Date

public Date(long date)

Constructs a Date object using the given milliseconds time value. If the given milliseconds value contains time information, the driver will set the time components to the time in the default time zone (the time zone of the Java virtual machine running the application) that corresponds to zero GMT.

Parameters:: date - milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT not to exceed the milliseconds representation for the year 8099. A negative number indicates the number of milliseconds before January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.

Method Details

setTime

public void setTime(long date)

Sets an existing Date object using the given milliseconds time value. If the given milliseconds value contains time information, the driver will set the time components to the time in the default time zone (the time zone of the Java virtual machine running the application) that corresponds to zero GMT.

Overrides:: setTime in class Date
Parameters:: date - milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT not to exceed the milliseconds representation for the year 8099. A negative number indicates the number of milliseconds before January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.

valueOf

public static Date valueOf(String s)

Converts a string in JDBC date escape format to a Date value.

Parameters:: s - a String object representing a date in in the format "yyyy-[m]m-[d]d". The leading zero for mm and dd may also be omitted.
Returns:: a java.sql.Date object representing the given date
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the date given is not in the JDBC date escape format (yyyy-[m]m-[d]d)

toString

public String toString()

Formats a date in the date escape format yyyy-mm-dd.

Overrides:

toString in class Date

Returns:

a String in yyyy-mm-dd format

See Also:

getHours

@Deprecated(since="1.2") public int getHours()

Deprecated.

This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.

Overrides:

getHours in class Date

Returns:

the hour represented by this date.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked

See Also:

getMinutes

@Deprecated(since="1.2") public int getMinutes()

Deprecated.

This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.

Overrides:

getMinutes in class Date

Returns:

the number of minutes past the hour represented by this date.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked

See Also:

getSeconds

@Deprecated(since="1.2") public int getSeconds()

Deprecated.

This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.

Overrides:

getSeconds in class Date

Returns:

the number of seconds past the minute represented by this date.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked

See Also:

setHours

@Deprecated(since="1.2") public void setHours(int i)

Deprecated.

This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.

Overrides:

setHours in class Date

Parameters:

i - the hour value.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked

See Also:

setMinutes

@Deprecated(since="1.2") public void setMinutes(int i)

Deprecated.

This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.

Overrides:

setMinutes in class Date

Parameters:

i - the value of the minutes.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked

See Also:

setSeconds

@Deprecated(since="1.2") public void setSeconds(int i)

Deprecated.

This method is deprecated and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.

Overrides:

setSeconds in class Date

Parameters:

i - the seconds value.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this method is invoked

See Also:

valueOf

public static Date valueOf(LocalDate date)

Obtains an instance of Date from a LocalDate object with the same year, month and day of month value as the given LocalDate.

The provided LocalDate is interpreted as the local date in the local time zone.

Parameters:: date - a LocalDate to convert
Returns:: a Date object
Throws:: NullPointerException - if date is null
Since:: 1.8

toLocalDate

public LocalDate toLocalDate()

Creates a LocalDate instance using the year, month and day from this Date object.

Returns:: a LocalDate object representing the same date value
Since:: 1.8

toInstant

public Instant toInstant()

This method always throws an UnsupportedOperationException and should not be used because SQL Date values do not have a time component.

Overrides:: toInstant in class Date
Returns:: an instant representing the same point on the time-line as this Date object
Throws:: UnsupportedOperationException - if this method is invoked

© 1993, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Documentation extracted from Debian's OpenJDK Development Kit package.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.
Various third party code in OpenJDK is licensed under different licenses (see Debian package).
Java and OpenJDK are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.