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Date¶

Definition¶

1	`Date var = .... ;`

Extends¶

Extended By¶

None

Description¶

A representation of year month and day as a Date.

Method Summary¶

Owner	Name	Return Type	Description
Date	constructor(value)	Object	Initialize a Date object.
Date	constructor(value)	Object	Initialize a Date object.
Object	getClassName()	String	Returns the string name of this object's class type.
Date	getDay()	Integer	Returns the day of month value
Date	getDayOfWeek()	Integer	Returns the day of week value
Date	getDays()	Integer	Returns the number of days since epoch day of this date object.
Date	getFirstDayOfMonth()	Date	Returns the first day of the date object's month as a date object
Date	getLastDayOfMonth()	Date	Returns the last day of the date object's month as a date object
Date	getMonth()	Integer	Returns the month of year value
Date	getYear()	Integer	Returns the year value
Date	isWeekday()	Boolean	Returns true if the current date is a weekday
Date	isWeekend()	Boolean	Returns true if the current date is a weekend
Object	toJson()	String	Returns a string of a json representation of this object.
Date	toLegibleDayOfWeek()	String	Returns the day of week formatted string of the date object
Date	toLegibleMonth()	String	Returns the month formatted string of the date object
Date	toLegibleString()	String	Returns the yyyyMMdd formatted string of the date object

Method Definitions¶

constructor(value)¶

Date date = new Date(String value)

Description¶

Initialize a Date object.

Parameter Definition¶

Name	Type	Description
value	String	a yyyyMMdd string value

Example 1¶

Date d = "20251225";

// d = 20447

constructor(value)¶

Date date = new Date(Integer value)

Description¶

Initialize a Date object.

Parameter Definition¶

Name	Type	Description
value	Integer	number of days since epoch day

Example 1¶

Date d = 20447;

// d = 20447

getClassName()¶

String Object::getClassName()

Description¶

Returns the string name of this object's class type.

getDay()¶

Integer Date::getDay()

Description¶

Returns the day of month value

getDayOfWeek()¶

Integer Date::getDayOfWeek()

Description¶

Returns the day of week value

getDays()¶

Integer Date::getDays()

Description¶

Returns the number of days since epoch day of this date object.

Example 1¶

Date d = 20447;

// d.getDays() = 20447

getFirstDayOfMonth()¶

Date Date::getFirstDayOfMonth()

Description¶

Returns the first day of the date object's month as a date object

getLastDayOfMonth()¶

Date Date::getLastDayOfMonth()

Description¶

Returns the last day of the date object's month as a date object

getMonth()¶

Integer Date::getMonth()

Description¶

Returns the month of year value

getYear()¶

Integer Date::getYear()

Description¶

Returns the year value

isWeekday()¶

Boolean Date::isWeekday()

Description¶

Returns true if the current date is a weekday

isWeekend()¶

Boolean Date::isWeekend()

Description¶

Returns true if the current date is a weekend

toJson()¶

String Object::toJson()

Description¶

Returns a string of a json representation of this object.

toLegibleDayOfWeek()¶

String Date::toLegibleDayOfWeek()

Description¶

Returns the day of week formatted string of the date object

Example 1¶

Date d = 20447;

// d.toLegibleDayOfWeek() = Thursday

toLegibleMonth()¶

String Date::toLegibleMonth()

Description¶

Returns the month formatted string of the date object

Example 1¶

Date d = 20447;

// d.toLegibleMonth() = December

toLegibleString()¶

String Date::toLegibleString()

Description¶

Returns the yyyyMMdd formatted string of the date object

Example 1¶

Date d = 20447;

// d.toLegibleString() = 20251225