Class Date (2.15.0)

publicfinalclassDateextendsGeneratedMessageV3implementsDateOrBuilder

Represents a whole or partial calendar date, such as a birthday. The time of day and time zone are either specified elsewhere or are insignificant. The date is relative to the Gregorian Calendar. This can represent one of the following:

  • A full date, with non-zero year, month, and day values
  • A month and day value, with a zero year, such as an anniversary
  • A year on its own, with zero month and day values
  • A year and month value, with a zero day, such as a credit card expirationdateRelated types aregoogle.type.TimeOfDay andgoogle.protobuf.Timestamp.

Protobuf typegoogle.type.Date

Implements

DateOrBuilder

Inherited Members

Static Fields

DAY_FIELD_NUMBER

publicstaticfinalintDAY_FIELD_NUMBER
Field Value
TypeDescription
int

MONTH_FIELD_NUMBER

publicstaticfinalintMONTH_FIELD_NUMBER
Field Value
TypeDescription
int

YEAR_FIELD_NUMBER

publicstaticfinalintYEAR_FIELD_NUMBER
Field Value
TypeDescription
int

Static Methods

getDefaultInstance()

publicstaticDategetDefaultInstance()
Returns
TypeDescription
Date

getDescriptor()

publicstaticfinalDescriptors.DescriptorgetDescriptor()
Returns
TypeDescription
Descriptor

newBuilder()

publicstaticDate.BuildernewBuilder()
Returns
TypeDescription
Date.Builder

newBuilder(Date prototype)

publicstaticDate.BuildernewBuilder(Dateprototype)
Parameter
NameDescription
prototypeDate
Returns
TypeDescription
Date.Builder

parseDelimitedFrom(InputStream input)

publicstaticDateparseDelimitedFrom(InputStreaminput)
Parameter
NameDescription
inputInputStream
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
IOException

parseDelimitedFrom(InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

publicstaticDateparseDelimitedFrom(InputStreaminput,ExtensionRegistryLiteextensionRegistry)
Parameters
NameDescription
inputInputStream
extensionRegistryExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
IOException

parseFrom(byte[] data)

publicstaticDateparseFrom(byte[]data)
Parameter
NameDescription
databyte[]
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
InvalidProtocolBufferException

parseFrom(byte[] data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

publicstaticDateparseFrom(byte[]data,ExtensionRegistryLiteextensionRegistry)
Parameters
NameDescription
databyte[]
extensionRegistryExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
InvalidProtocolBufferException

parseFrom(ByteString data)

publicstaticDateparseFrom(ByteStringdata)
Parameter
NameDescription
dataByteString
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
InvalidProtocolBufferException

parseFrom(ByteString data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

publicstaticDateparseFrom(ByteStringdata,ExtensionRegistryLiteextensionRegistry)
Parameters
NameDescription
dataByteString
extensionRegistryExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
InvalidProtocolBufferException

parseFrom(CodedInputStream input)

publicstaticDateparseFrom(CodedInputStreaminput)
Parameter
NameDescription
inputCodedInputStream
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
IOException

parseFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

publicstaticDateparseFrom(CodedInputStreaminput,ExtensionRegistryLiteextensionRegistry)
Parameters
NameDescription
inputCodedInputStream
extensionRegistryExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
IOException

parseFrom(InputStream input)

publicstaticDateparseFrom(InputStreaminput)
Parameter
NameDescription
inputInputStream
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
IOException

parseFrom(InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

publicstaticDateparseFrom(InputStreaminput,ExtensionRegistryLiteextensionRegistry)
Parameters
NameDescription
inputInputStream
extensionRegistryExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
IOException

parseFrom(ByteBuffer data)

publicstaticDateparseFrom(ByteBufferdata)
Parameter
NameDescription
dataByteBuffer
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
InvalidProtocolBufferException

parseFrom(ByteBuffer data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

publicstaticDateparseFrom(ByteBufferdata,ExtensionRegistryLiteextensionRegistry)
Parameters
NameDescription
dataByteBuffer
extensionRegistryExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
TypeDescription
Date
Exceptions
TypeDescription
InvalidProtocolBufferException

parser()

publicstaticParser<Date>parser()
Returns
TypeDescription
Parser<Date>

Methods

equals(Object obj)

publicbooleanequals(Objectobj)
Parameter
NameDescription
objObject
Returns
TypeDescription
boolean
Overrides

getDay()

publicintgetDay()

Day of a month. Must be from 1 to 31 and valid for the year and month, or 0 to specify a year by itself or a year and month where the day isn't significant.

int32 day = 3;

Returns
TypeDescription
int

The day.

getDefaultInstanceForType()

publicDategetDefaultInstanceForType()
Returns
TypeDescription
Date

getMonth()

publicintgetMonth()

Month of a year. Must be from 1 to 12, or 0 to specify a year without a month and day.

int32 month = 2;

Returns
TypeDescription
int

The month.

getParserForType()

publicParser<Date>getParserForType()
Returns
TypeDescription
Parser<Date>
Overrides

getSerializedSize()

publicintgetSerializedSize()
Returns
TypeDescription
int
Overrides

getUnknownFields()

publicfinalUnknownFieldSetgetUnknownFields()
Returns
TypeDescription
UnknownFieldSet
Overrides

getYear()

publicintgetYear()

Year of the date. Must be from 1 to 9999, or 0 to specify a date without a year.

int32 year = 1;

Returns
TypeDescription
int

The year.

hashCode()

publicinthashCode()
Returns
TypeDescription
int
Overrides

internalGetFieldAccessorTable()

protectedGeneratedMessageV3.FieldAccessorTableinternalGetFieldAccessorTable()
Returns
TypeDescription
FieldAccessorTable
Overrides

isInitialized()

publicfinalbooleanisInitialized()
Returns
TypeDescription
boolean
Overrides

newBuilderForType()

publicDate.BuildernewBuilderForType()
Returns
TypeDescription
Date.Builder

newBuilderForType(GeneratedMessageV3.BuilderParent parent)

protectedDate.BuildernewBuilderForType(GeneratedMessageV3.BuilderParentparent)
Parameter
NameDescription
parentBuilderParent
Returns
TypeDescription
Date.Builder
Overrides

newInstance(GeneratedMessageV3.UnusedPrivateParameter unused)

protectedObjectnewInstance(GeneratedMessageV3.UnusedPrivateParameterunused)
Parameter
NameDescription
unusedUnusedPrivateParameter
Returns
TypeDescription
Object
Overrides

toBuilder()

publicDate.BuildertoBuilder()
Returns
TypeDescription
Date.Builder

writeTo(CodedOutputStream output)

publicvoidwriteTo(CodedOutputStreamoutput)
Parameter
NameDescription
outputCodedOutputStream
Overrides
Exceptions
TypeDescription
IOException

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