jet.report.xls
Class DateUtil

java.lang.Object
  jet.report.xls.DateUtil

public class DateUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Contains methods for dealing with Excel dates.

Method Summary

static double	getExcelDate(java.util.Date date) Given a Date, converts it into a double representing its internal Excel representation, which is the number of days since 1/1/1900.
static java.util.Date	getJavaDate(double date) Given a excel date, converts it into a Date.
static boolean	isValidExcelDate(double value) Given a double, checks if it is a valid Excel date.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getExcelDate

public static double getExcelDate(java.util.Date date)

Given a Date, converts it into a double representing its internal Excel representation, which is the number of days since 1/1/1900. Fractional days represent hours, minutes, and seconds.

Parameters:

date - the Date

Returns:

Excel representation of Date (-1 if error - test for error by checking for less than 0.1)

getJavaDate

public static java.util.Date getJavaDate(double date)

Given a excel date, converts it into a Date.

Parameters:

date - the Excel Date

Returns:

Java representation of a date (null if error)

isValidExcelDate

public static boolean isValidExcelDate(double value)

Given a double, checks if it is a valid Excel date.

Parameters:

value - the double value

Returns:

true if valid