Oracle in a Nutshell

DATE

Extends oracle.sql.Datum.

This class has many constructors, which can create dates from different types of information:

DATE(  ) 
DATE(byte[] date) 
DATE(java.sql.Date date) 
DATE(java.sql.Date date, java.util.Calendar cal) 
DATE(java.lang.Object obj) 
DATE(java.lang.Object obj, java.util.Calendar cal) 
DATE(java.lang.String str) 
DATE(java.lang.String str, java.util.Calendar cal) -- New with Oracle9i.
DATE(java.sql.Time time) 
DATE(java.sql.Time time, java.util.Calendar cal) 
DATE(java.sql.Timestamp timestamp) 
DATE(java.sql.Timestamp timestamp, java.util.Calendar cal)

Fields

BDA	Static int
BDAL	Static int
BDT	Static int
BHR	Static int
BHRL	Static int
BMN	Static int
BMNL	Static int
BMO	Static int
BMOL	Static int
BSC	Static int
BSCL	Static int
BYR	Static int
BYRL	Static int
HRZER0	Static int
MIZERO	Static int
MSD	Static int
SEZERO	Static int
YR0	Static int

Methods

addJulianDays(int julianDay , int julianSec )

Returns DATE, which is julianDay and julianSec later.

addMonths(int months )

Returns DATE, which is months later.

checkValidity(byte[] date )

Returns int, which is either 0 if valid or a combination of the fields listed earlier to designate the invalid portions of date. Static method.

compareTo(DATE date )

Returns -1 if DATE is less than date, 0 if DATE and date are equal, 1 if DATE is greater than date.

dateValue( )

Returns java.sql.Date of internal Oracle DATE.

dateValue(java.util.Calendar cal )

Returns java.sql.Date ...