toDate

toDate(year, month, day, hourOfDay, minute, second)

Description

Returns the date in the default time zone, constructed from the given components (year, month, day, etc.).

Parameters

Name	Type of value	Description
year	int	The year.
month	int	The number of month (0-based. e.g., 0 for January) You can use the following constants as a value: JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
day	int	The day of the month.
hourOfDay	int	The hour of day (using 24-hour clock).
minute	int	The minute.
second	int	The second.

Result

Type	Description
java.util.Date	The date in the default time zone, constructed from the given components (year, month, day, etc.).

toDate(year, month, day)

Description

Returns the date in the default time zone with the given field values and the time set to midnight.

Parameters

Name	Type of value	Description
year	int	The year.
month	int	The number of month (0-based. e.g., 0 for January) You can use the following constants as a value: JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
day	int	The day of the month.

Result

Type	Description
java.util.Date	The date in the default time zone, constructed from the given components (year, month, day).

toDate(dateFormat, text)

Description

Parses the date from the given string using the date format pattern. Throws an error if the format is wrong or the text cannot be parsed.

Parameters

Name	Type of value	Description
dateFormat	String	The date format pattern, e.g. "MM/dd/yyyy HH:ss".
text	String	The text to be parsed as date.

Result

Type	Description
java.util.Date	The successfully parsed date.